parallelepiped

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
21
Words With Friends
27
Letters
14
Pronunciation
/ˌpæɹəˌlɛləˈpaɪpɪd/
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/ˌpæɹəˌlɛləˈpaɪpɪd/ · /ˌpæɹəlɛˈlɛpɪpɛd/

Definition of parallelepiped

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A solid figure, having six faces, all parallelograms, all opposite faces being similar and parallel.
    “A cuboid is a rectangular parallelepiped.”

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Etymology

From Latin parallēlepipedum, from Ancient Greek παραλληλεπίπεδος (parallēlepípedos, “with parallel surfaces”), from παράλληλος (parállēlos, “parallel”) + ἐπίπεδος (epípedos, “plane”).

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10-letter words

3 words

9-letter words

3 words

8-letter words

24 words

7-letter words

31 words

6-letter words

86 words

5-letter words

52 words

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