parallelepiped
Parallelepiped (noun) means a solid shape with six faces, each one a parallelogram, and each face parallel and similar to the face opposite it. Example: “A brick is a simple example of a parallelepiped.”
How to use parallelepiped
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishIt is a box-like shape made entirely of parallelogram faces.
This is a technical geometry term rather than everyday vocabulary.
Breaking the word into parallel and epiped (flat) makes the long spelling much easier to remember.
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Can you complete this real example?
A brick is a simple example of a _____.
Etymology
The word came into English from Latin parallēlepipedum, which itself came from Ancient Greek. The Greek original combined parallēlos, meaning parallel, with epípedos, meaning flat or plane, to describe a shape made of parallel flat surfaces.
