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tesseract
[ tes-uh-rakt ]
noun
- the generalization of a cube to four dimensions.
tesseract
- A four-dimensional hypercube, having sixteen corners.
- See more at hypercube
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tesseract1
1885–90; < Greek é ( es ) four + í ray
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Example Sentences
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If you asked me to draw a map of Raccoon City after watching this movie, it would look like a tesseract.
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There are no crash courses in tesseract physics or Asgardian politics.
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Mr. Kelly didn’t have the luxury of a DeLorean car from “Back to the Future” or a tesseract from “A Wrinkle in Time,” so he did the next best thing.
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As a square becomes a cube by adding the third dimension, a cube becomes a hypercube — a tesseract — by adding a fourth.
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There are also giraffe sculptures, a defunct sensory deprivation tank, a four-dimensional hypercube called a tesseract and a fake particle accelerator made of gold-painted junk.
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