hypercube

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.

Noun

  1. 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. Such a figure in four dimensions; a tesseract.
  3. A data cube with more than three dimensions.
  4. A computer architecture in which each processor is connected to n others, by analogy with a hypercube of n dimensions.

Origin

Etymology tree 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.

Forms

hypercubes

Synonyms

8-cell octachoron tesseract

Hypernyms

polychoron

Related

dekeract enneract hepteract hexeract hypersphere octeract penteract polytope tesseract

Derived

demihypercube hyperhypercube