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

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: хи́перкоцка f (híperkocka), тесера́кт m (teserákt)
• Polish: hipersześcian m
• Portuguese: hipercubo m
• Russian: гиперку́б (ru) m (giperkúb), тессера́кт (ru) m (tesserákt)
• Spanish: hipercubo (es) m

See also

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

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French

Etymology

hyper- +‎ cube

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /i.pɛʁ.kyb/
• Rhymes: -yb

Noun

hypercube m (plural hypercubes)

1. hypercube

Further reading

• “hypercube” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).