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Answer for the clue "A rectangular parallelepiped ", 6 letters:
cuboid

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Cuboid may refer to: Cuboid , in geometry a convex polyhedron bounded by six quadrilateral faces, whose polyhedral graph is the same as that of a cube Cuboid (computer vision) , a feature used for behavior recognition in video Cuboid (video game) , a puzzle ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Of the shape of a cube. n. 1 (context anatomy English) The cuboid bone. 2 (context geometry English) A parallelepiped having six rectangular faces.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"cube-like," 1829, a modern coinage; see cube (n.) + -oid .

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. shaped like a cube [syn: cubelike , cube-shaped , cubical , cubiform , cuboidal ]

Usage examples of cuboid.

I reached out, and my fingers passed through her arm: her flesh, crumbling into cuboid pixels, had the texture of dead leaves.

And ahead of me stood a building - plain, cuboid, a bit like a large shoebox.

There were some astonishing buildings on the skylinefairytale, spires wrapped in the lace of white balconies, a great pearshaped dome of sparkling blue tile, a teetering cuboid fantasy of tinted glass and dressed stone, something like a shimmering sphere divided like the segments of an orange into freestanding slices.

Its research labs and prototype assembly shop were physically isolated, a cuboid composite building sitting at the centre of a quadrangle formed by offices and cybernetics halls.

Jameson caught a fine view of Greater Houston spread out below him: a glittering sprawl of bright cuboid shapes stretching for a hundred miles along the Gulf Coast.

The lowermost was shapen cuboid, the topmost a smooth cylindrical shaft against the pure Spanish sky.

Then, and only then, did Sixx release the all-important gem from its hazard, to return it to the cuboid shell, and to take it with him as he and Lowry went to report to Horn.

The upper three-quarters of the anterior articular surface of the calcis is not in contact with the cuboid, the latter being depressed obliquely forward and downward, the lower portion of the posterior facet on the cuboid articulating with a new surface on the under portion of the bone.

There were some astonishing buildings on the skylinefairytale, spires wrapped in the lace of white balconies, a great pearshaped dome of sparkling blue tile, a teetering cuboid fantasy of tinted glass and dressed stone, something like a shimmering sphere divided like the segments of an orange into freestanding slices.