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tesseract

/tes-uh-rakt/US // ˈtɛs əˌrækt //

宇宙魔方,魔方,宇宙飞船,宇宙飞船的

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the generalization of a cube to four dimensions.

Examples

  • Something—something like a Klein Bottle—or a tesseract—or maybe both of them together.

  • A line has one dimension, a square has two, a cube has three, and a tesseract has four.

  • A cube can be unfolded into six squares, and a tesseract unfolds to eight cubes.

  • The hypercube or tesseract is described by moving the generating cube in the direction in which the fourth dimension extends.

  • When pressure is applied, it folds up into a tesseract so that it takes up less room and relieves the pressure.