parallelepiped.
A solid figure, having six faces, all parallelograms, all opposite faces being similar and parallel.
Meaning & usage
A solid figure, having six faces, all parallelograms, all opposite faces being similar and parallel.
A cuboid is a rectangular parallelepiped.
Where this word comes from
From Latin parallēlepipedum, from Ancient Greek παραλληλεπίπεδος (parallēlepípedos, “with parallel surfaces”), from παράλληλος (parállēlos, “parallel”) + ἐπίπεδος (epípedos, “plane”).
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