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hypercube

noun hy·per·cube \ ˈhī-pər-ˌkyüb \

Definition of hypercube

1 : a geometric figure (such as a tesseract) in Euclidean space of n dimensions that is analogous to a cube in three dimensions
2 : a computer architecture in which each processor is connected to n others based on analogy to a hypercube of n dimensions

First Known Use of hypercube

1909

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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