English
Noun
en-noun|tesseract
- mathematics The four-dimensional analogue/analog of a cube; a four-dimensional content (which see) bounded by eight cubes (in the same way as a cube is a volume bounded by six squares and a square is an area by four line segments).
- figurative A wrinkle in time that makes time travel possible. (Used by w:Madeleine L'Engle|Madeleine L'Engle in her science-fiction novel, A Wrinkle in Time.)
Synonyms
(1): four-dimensional hypercube, 8-cell, octachoron
See also
hypercube
wikipedia
Mathworld article on the tesseract
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