tesseractn.
/ˈtɛsərakt/ Mathematics.
A four-dimensional hypercube. Also figurative.
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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [noun] > of more than three dimensions
polyhedroid1880
tesseract1888
polytope1908
snub1948
1888 C. H. Hinton New Era of Thought ii. iii. 118 We call the figure it [sc. a cube] traces a Tessaract.
1919 R. 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.
1960 Electronic Engin. 32 347/1 Fig. 8..shows a four-dimensional ‘tessaract’ (the four-dimensional analogue of a cube).
1968 Listener 15 Feb. 201 He likes to see A gulping of tesseracts and Gondals in Our crazed search.
1974 S. 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.
Derivatives
tesseˈractic adj.
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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [adjective] > of more than three dimensions
tesseractic1888
snub1934
polytopal1966
1888 C. H. Hinton New Era of Thought ii. vii. 161 The whole of the 81 cubes make one single tessaractic set extending three inches in each of the four directions.
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