English

A rotating hypercube (tesseract)

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 computer architecture in which each processor is connected to n others based on analogy to a hypercube of n dimensions.

Synonyms

• (tesseract): 8-cell, octachoron, tesseract

Translations

See also

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

French

Etymology

hyper- +‎ cube

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.pɛʁ.kyb/

Noun

hypercube m ‎(plural hypercubes)

1. hypercube