polytope
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From poly- (“many”) + -tope (“surface”)
[edit] Noun
polytope (plural polytopes)
- (geometry) A finite region of n-dimensional space bounded by hyperplanes; the geometrical entity represented by the general term of the infinite sequence "point, line, polygon, polyhedron, ...".
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geometric shape
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[edit] French
[edit] Noun
polytope m. (plural polytopes)