different between hypercube vs tesseract

English

Etymology

From hyper- +? cube

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ha?.p?.kju?b/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ha?.p?.kju?b/

Noun

hypercube (plural hypercubes)

1. (geometry) A geometric figure in four or more dimensions, which is analogous to a cube in three dimensions. Specifically, the n-dimensional equivalent of a cube for any non-negative integer n.
2. (geometry) Such a figure in four dimensions; a tesseract.
3. (computing) A data cube with more than three dimensions.
4. (computing) A computer architecture in which each processor is connected to n others, by analogy with a hypercube of n dimensions.

Synonyms

• (tesseract): 8-cell, octachoron, tesseract

Translations

See also

• enneract
• hepteract
• hexeract
• hypersphere
• octeract
• penteract
• polytope
• tesseract

French

Etymology

hyper- +? cube

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /i.p??.kyb/
• Rhymes: -yb

Noun

hypercube m (plural hypercubes)

1. hypercube

Further reading

• “hypercube” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From tessara- (“four-”) +? Ancient Greek ????? (aktís, “ray”).

Noun

tesseract (plural tesseracts)

1. (mathematics) The four-dimensional analogue of a cube; a 4D polytope bounded by eight cubes (in the same way a cube is bounded by six squares).
2. (science fiction) Any of various fictional mechanisms that explain extradimensional, superluminal, or time travel outside the geometry of the physical universe.

Synonyms

• (analogue of a cube): four-dimensional hypercube, 4-cube, 8-cell, octachoron, tetracube

Hypernyms

• hypercube, polytope

Derived terms

• tesseractic

Translations

See also

• tesseract on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mathworld article on the tesseract

Anagrams

• rascettes