TESSERACT

tesseract

(noun) the four-dimensional analogue of a cube

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

tesseract (plural tesseracts)

(mathematics) The four-dimensional analogue of a cube; a 4D polytope bounded by eight cubes (in the same way a cube is bounded by six squares).

(science fiction) Any of various fictional mechanisms that explain extradimensional, superluminal, or time travel outside the geometry of the physical universe.

Synonyms

• (analogue of a cube): four-dimensional hypercube, 4-cube, 8-cell, octachoron, tetracube

Hypernyms

• hypercube, polytope

Anagrams

• rascettes

Source: Wiktionary



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