parallelepiped
/par-uh-lel-uh-pahy-pid, -pip-id/US // ˌpær əˌlɛl əˈpaɪ pɪd, -ˈpɪp ɪd //UK // (ˌpærəˌlɛləˈpaɪpɛd) //
平行四边形,平行四边形的,平行四面体,平行线
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a prism with six faces, all parallelograms.
Examples
Archimedes proves that the volume of the solid so cut off is one sixth part of the volume of the parallelepiped.
Euclid calls this solid henceforth a parallelepiped, though he never defines the word.
A rectangular parallelepiped has, as a rule, the three edges unequal, which meet at a point.
The volume of any parallelepiped, or of any triangular prism, is measured by the product of base and altitude.
But a triangular prism is equal in volume to a parallelepiped which has the same base and altitude.
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