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A prism whose bases are parallelograms
Answer for the clue "A prism whose bases are parallelograms ", 14 letters:
parallelopiped
Word definitions for parallelopiped in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a prism whose bases are parallelograms [syn: parallelepiped , parallelepipedon , parallelopipedon ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative form of parallelepiped English)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Parallelopiped \Par`al*lel`o*pi"ped\ (p[a^]r`al*l[e^]l`[-o]*p[imac]"p[e^]d), n. [Gr. para`llhlos parallel + 'epi`pedon a plane surface, 'epi`pedos on the ground, or level with it, level, flat; 'epi` on + pe`don the ground: cf. F. parall['e]lopip[`e]de.] ...
Usage examples of parallelopiped.
Among the alien helical, parallelopiped, and conic ships floated a metal shape much like that of the Enterprise, only smaller.
He had seen cities laid out in circles, sectors, ellipses, triangles, squares, parallelopipeds – practically every plan known to geometry.
These stones are almost invariably regular parallelopipeds of unequal sizes in the wall, but equally deep and laid regularly in ranges over each other like bricks, each breaking and covering the interstice of the two on which it rests.