PARALLELOPIPED

n.[parallel and Gr. on, and a plain. ] In geometry, a regular solid comprehended under six parallelograms, the opposite ones of which are similar, parallel and equal to each other, or it is a prism whose base is a parallelogram. It is always triple to a pyramid of the same base and highth. Or a parallelopiped is a solid figure bounded by six faces, parallel to each other two and two.

PARALLELOPIPEDIA

n.A genus of spars, externally of a determinate and regular figure, always found loose and separate from other bodies, and in the form of an oblique parallelopiped, with six parallelogramic sides and eight solid angles.

PARALLELOPIPED

Par `al *lel `o *pi "ped, n. Etym: [Gr. parallélopipède.] (Geom.)

PARALLELOPIPEDON

Par `al *lel `o *pip "e *don, n. Etym: [NL. ]