gyroparallelogram

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

gyro- +‎ parallelogram

Noun[edit]

gyroparallelogram (plural gyroparallelograms)

  1. (hyperbolic geometry) A hyperbolic quadrilateral whose two gyrodiagonals intersect at their gyromidpoints, analogous to a parallelogram in Euclidean space.
    • 2005, Ungar Abraham Albert, Analytic Hyperbolic Geometry:
      The 6 faces of a parallelepiped are parallelograms while, in general, the 6 faces of a gyroparallelepiped are not gyroparallelograms.