Definition of parallelepiped in English:

parallelepiped

noun ˌparəlɛləˈpʌɪpɛdˌparəlɛˈlɛpɪpɛdˌpærəˌlɛləˈpaɪpɪd

Geometry

A solid body of which each face is a parallelogram.
〔几何〕平行六面体
Example sentencesExamples
- Embedded in a low, almost geological podium of slate shards, glass and grey aluminium, the canted parallelepipeds are constructed almost entirely of contiguous glass elements held in place by a skeletal steel frame.
- A noncollecting institution devoted to art of the last 40 years, the Contemporary Arts Museum occupies a dramatic stainless-steel warehouse-type building, shaped like a parallelepiped.
- The crystal systems are all parallelepipeds whose shapes are completely defined by the lengths of the three sides and by the three angles characterizing the parallelepiped.
- These vertical volumes and the several prismatic cuts into the building's outer envelope suggest a reading of the dormitory less as a single parallelepiped and more as an array of conjoined towers.
- The residential towers, which sit on vertical projections of the podium, are parallelepipeds, rotated 30° in relation to the podium, which is oriented toward the Manhattan street grid.

Origin

Late 16th century: from Greek parallēlepipedon, from parallēlos 'beside another' + epipedon 'plane surface'.

Definition of parallelepiped in US English:

parallelepiped

nounˌpærəˌlɛləˈpaɪpɪdˌparəˌleləˈpīpid

Geometry

A solid body of which each face is a parallelogram.
〔几何〕平行六面体
Example sentencesExamples
- The residential towers, which sit on vertical projections of the podium, are parallelepipeds, rotated 30° in relation to the podium, which is oriented toward the Manhattan street grid.
- The crystal systems are all parallelepipeds whose shapes are completely defined by the lengths of the three sides and by the three angles characterizing the parallelepiped.
- These vertical volumes and the several prismatic cuts into the building's outer envelope suggest a reading of the dormitory less as a single parallelepiped and more as an array of conjoined towers.
- Embedded in a low, almost geological podium of slate shards, glass and grey aluminium, the canted parallelepipeds are constructed almost entirely of contiguous glass elements held in place by a skeletal steel frame.
- A noncollecting institution devoted to art of the last 40 years, the Contemporary Arts Museum occupies a dramatic stainless-steel warehouse-type building, shaped like a parallelepiped.

Origin

Late 16th century: from Greek parallēlepipedon, from parallēlos ‘beside another’ + epipedon ‘plane surface’.

单词	parallelepiped
释义	Definition of parallelepiped in English: parallelepiped noun ˌparəlɛləˈpʌɪpɛdˌparəlɛˈlɛpɪpɛdˌpærəˌlɛləˈpaɪpɪd Geometry A solid body of which each face is a parallelogram. 〔几何〕平行六面体 Example sentencesExamples Embedded in a low, almost geological podium of slate shards, glass and grey aluminium, the canted parallelepipeds are constructed almost entirely of contiguous glass elements held in place by a skeletal steel frame. A noncollecting institution devoted to art of the last 40 years, the Contemporary Arts Museum occupies a dramatic stainless-steel warehouse-type building, shaped like a parallelepiped. The crystal systems are all parallelepipeds whose shapes are completely defined by the lengths of the three sides and by the three angles characterizing the parallelepiped. These vertical volumes and the several prismatic cuts into the building's outer envelope suggest a reading of the dormitory less as a single parallelepiped and more as an array of conjoined towers. The residential towers, which sit on vertical projections of the podium, are parallelepipeds, rotated 30° in relation to the podium, which is oriented toward the Manhattan street grid. Origin Late 16th century: from Greek parallēlepipedon, from parallēlos 'beside another' + epipedon 'plane surface'. Definition of parallelepiped in US English: parallelepiped nounˌpærəˌlɛləˈpaɪpɪdˌparəˌleləˈpīpid Geometry A solid body of which each face is a parallelogram. 〔几何〕平行六面体 Example sentencesExamples The residential towers, which sit on vertical projections of the podium, are parallelepipeds, rotated 30° in relation to the podium, which is oriented toward the Manhattan street grid. The crystal systems are all parallelepipeds whose shapes are completely defined by the lengths of the three sides and by the three angles characterizing the parallelepiped. These vertical volumes and the several prismatic cuts into the building's outer envelope suggest a reading of the dormitory less as a single parallelepiped and more as an array of conjoined towers. Embedded in a low, almost geological podium of slate shards, glass and grey aluminium, the canted parallelepipeds are constructed almost entirely of contiguous glass elements held in place by a skeletal steel frame. A noncollecting institution devoted to art of the last 40 years, the Contemporary Arts Museum occupies a dramatic stainless-steel warehouse-type building, shaped like a parallelepiped. Origin Late 16th century: from Greek parallēlepipedon, from parallēlos ‘beside another’ + epipedon ‘plane surface’.
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