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parallelepiped
par·al·lel·e·pi·ped [ pàrrə lelə ppəd, pàrrə lelə píppəd ] (plural par·al·lel·e·pi·peds)


noun 
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polyhedron consisting of six parallelograms: a polyhedron consisting of six faces that are parallelograms
[Late 16th century. < Greek parallēlepipedon "parallel surface" < epipedon "surface" < pedon "ground"]
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