paralelepípedo

English translation: parallelepipedon (a prism) // parallelopiped

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Spanish term or phrase:paralelepípedo
English translation:parallelepipedon (a prism) // parallelopiped
Entered by: Ltemes

00:18 Jul 23, 2004
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Mathematics & Statistics
Spanish term or phrase: paralelepípedo
los dispositivos eléctricos de cuerpo susbtancialmente paralelepípedo de base rectangular...
Irene Cudich
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parallelepipedon (a prism)
Explanation:

parallelepipedon

n : a prism whose bases are parallelograms [syn: parallelepiped, parallelopiped, parallelopipedon]
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=parallelepipedon

DRAE:

paralelep¨ªpedo.
(Del lat. parallelepipĕdum, y este del gr. ¦Ð¦Á¦Ñ¦Á¦Ë¦Ë¦Ç¦Ë¦Å¦Ðί¦Ð¦Å¦Ä¦Ï¦Í).
1. m. Geom. S¨®lido limitado por seis paralelogramos, cuyas caras opuestas son iguales y paralelas.


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Note added at 12 mins (2004-07-23 00:30:37 GMT) Post-grading
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since it\'s funcioning as an adjective: PARALLELOPIPED
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paralelepípedo
parallelepipedon (a prism)


Explanation:

parallelepipedon

n : a prism whose bases are parallelograms [syn: parallelepiped, parallelopiped, parallelopipedon]
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=parallelepipedon

DRAE:

paralelep¨ªpedo.
(Del lat. parallelepipĕdum, y este del gr. ¦Ð¦Á¦Ñ¦Á¦Ë¦Ë¦Ç¦Ë¦Å¦Ðί¦Ð¦Å¦Ä¦Ï¦Í).
1. m. Geom. S¨®lido limitado por seis paralelogramos, cuyas caras opuestas son iguales y paralelas.


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Note added at 12 mins (2004-07-23 00:30:37 GMT) Post-grading
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since it\'s funcioning as an adjective: PARALLELOPIPED

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