hypercube

English

WOTD – 13 May 2008

A rotating hypercube (tesseract)

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *-er

Proto-Indo-European *upér

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)

Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der.

English hyper-

English cube

English hypercube

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

Derived terms

• demihypercube
• hyperhypercube

Translations

a geometric figure

• Catalan: hipercub m
• Czech: hyperkrychle f
• Finnish: hyperkuutio (fi)
• German: Hyperwürfel m
• Greek: υπερκύβος m (yperkývos)
• Hungarian: hiperkocka (hu)
• Italian: ipercubo m
• Japanese: 超立方体 (ja) (ちょうりっぽうたい, chōrippōtai)
• Korean: 초입방체 (choipbangche)
• Macedonian: хиперкоцка f (hiperkocka)
• Polish: hipersześcian (pl) 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

French

Etymology

From 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