立体

See also: 立體

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 立体 – see 立體 (“three-dimensional; multi-level; etc.”). (This term, 立体, is the simplified form of 立體.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
立	体
りつ > りっ Grade: 1	たい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
立體 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾʲit̚ta̠i]

Noun

立(りっ)体(たい) • (rittai) 

1. something that occupies three-dimensional space (is not two-dimensional)
2. (geometry) solid

Antonyms

• 平面(へいめん) (heimen, “plane”)

Derived terms

• 立体化学(りったいかがく) (rittaikagaku, “stereochemistry”)
• 立体視(りったいし) (rittaishi, “binocular vision”)
• 立体的(りったいてき) (rittaiteki, “three-dimensional”)

Related terms

• 立方(りっぽう) (rippō, “cube”) (third power)
• 立方体(りっぽうたい) (rippōtai, “cube”) (regular hexahedron)
• 体積(たいせき) (taiseki, “volume”)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.