n.
A solid with six faces, each a parallelogram and each being parallel to the opposite face.
[Greek parallēlepipedon : parallēlos, parallel; see parallel + epipedon, plane surface, from neuter sing. of epipedos, level (epi-, epi- + pedon, ground).]
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