hypercube

hypercube

English

WOTD – 13 May 2008

A rotating hypercube (tesseract)

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ cube.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪ.pə.kjuːb/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪ.pɚ.kjuːb/

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Noun

hypercube (plural hypercubes)

1. (geometry) A geometric figure in four or more dimensions, which is analogous to a cube in three dimensions. Specifically, the n-dimensional equivalent of a cube for any non-negative integer n.
2. (geometry) Such a figure in four dimensions; a tesseract.
3. (computing) A data cube with more than three dimensions.
4. (computing) A computer architecture in which each processor is connected to n others, by analogy with a hypercube of n dimensions.

Synonyms

• (tesseract): 8-cell, octachoron, tesseract

Hypernyms

• polychoron

Translations

a geometric figure

Catalan: hipercub m Czech: hyperkrychle f Finnish: hyperkuutio (fi) German: Hyperwürfel m Hungarian: hiperkocka (hu) Italian: ipercubo m Japanese: 超立方体 (ちょうりっぽうたい, chōrippōtai) Korean: 초입방체 (choipbangche) Macedonian: хиперкоцка f (hiperkocka) Polish: hipersześcian m Portuguese: hipercubo m Romanian: hipercub n Russian: гиперку́б (ru) m (giperkúb), тессера́кт (ru) m (tesserákt) Spanish: hipercubo (es) m

See also

• dekeract
• enneract
• hepteract
• hexeract
• hypersphere
• octeract
• penteract
• polytope
• tesseract

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French

Etymology

hyper- +‎ cube

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /i.pɛʁ.kyb/

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• Rhymes: -yb

Noun

hypercube m (plural hypercubes)

1. hypercube

Further reading

• “hypercube”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.