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tesseract Math.|ˈtɛsərækt|
Also tessaract.
[f. tessara- + Gr. ἀκτ-ίς ray.]
A four-dimensional hypercube. Also fig. Hence tesseˈractic a.
1888C. H. Hinton New Era of Thought ii. iii. 118 We call the figure it [sc. a cube] traces a Tessaract. Ibid. vii. 161 The whole of the 81 cubes make one single tessaractic set extending three inches in each of the four directions. 1919R. T. Browne Mystery of Space v. 134 The hyper⁓cube or tesseract is described by moving the generating cube in the direction in which the fourth dimension extends. 1960Electronic Engin. XXXII. 347/1 Fig. 8..shows a four-dimensional ‘tessaract’ (the four-dimensional analogue of a cube). 1968Listener 15 Feb. 201 He likes to see A gulping of tesseracts and Gondals in Our crazed search. 1974S. Sheldon Other Side of Midnight xviii. 332 For Catherine time had lost its circadian rhythm; she had fallen into a tesseract of time, and day and night blended into one. |