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超立方体 (ちょうりっぽうたい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

超ちょう立りっ方ぽう体たい

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Meanings

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hypercube

Mathematical term for a generalization of a cube to four or more dimensions.

四よ次じ元げんの超ちょう立りっ方ぽう体たいは、私わたしたちの直ちょっ感かんでは捉とらえ

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A four-dimensional hypercube is difficult to grasp with our intuition.

Kanji

超transcend, super-, ultra-
立stand up, rise, set up
方direction, person, alternative
体body, substance, object

Related words

立りっ方ぽう体たい
立方体 is a standard three-dimensional cube, while 超立方体 extends the concept to higher dimensions.

Word family

四よ次じ元げん超ちょう立りっ方ぽう体たい
tesseract; four-dimensional hypercube

Built from

超ちょう+立りっ方ぽう体たい

Etymology

Compound of 超 (chō, 'super' or 'hyper-') and 立方体 (rippōtai, 'cube'), literally 'hypercube'. The term is a direct calque from English.