Meaning of parallelepipedon in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Noun
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˌparəlɛləˈpʌɪpɪdɒn/

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  1. Noun

    parallelepipedon

    Etymology

    late 16th century; earliest use found in Henry Billingsley (d. 1606), merchant and translator. From Hellenistic Greek παραλληλεπίπεδον solid figure with parallel surfaces (Euclid) from ancient Greek παράλληλος + ἐπίπεδον plane, surface, use as noun of neuter singular of ἐπίπεδος plane, flat

    Definitions

    1. a prism whose bases are parallelograms

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