hypercube

English

WOTD - 13 May 2008    

Wikipedia

A rotating hypercube (tesseract)

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ cube

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈhaɪ.pə.kjuːb/, SAMPA: /"haI.p@.kju:b/
• (US) IPA: /ˈhaɪ.pɚ.kjuːb/

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Noun

hypercube (plural hypercubes)

1. (geometry) A geometric figure in four or more dimensions, which is analogous to a cube in three dimensions. Specifically, the n-dimensional equivalent of a cube for any non-negative integer n.
2. (geometry) A tesseract.
3. (computing) A computer architecture in which each processor is connected to n others based on analogy to a hypercube of n dimensions.

Synonyms

• (tesseract): 8-cell, octachoron, tesseract

Translations

a geometric figure

Czech: hyperkrychle (cs) f. Hungarian: hiperkocka (hu) Japanese: 超立方体 (ja) (ちょうりっぽうたい, chōrippōtai)

Macedonian: хиперкоцка (mk) (híperkocka) f., тесеракт (mk) (teserákt) m. Polish: hipersześcian m.

See also

• enneract
• hepteract
• hexeract
• hypersphere
• octeract
• penteract
• polytope
• tesseract

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French

Etymology

hyper- +‎ cube

Pronunciation

• IPA: /i.pɛʁ.kyb/

Noun

hypercube m. (plural hypercubes)

1. hypercube