Tesseract

Quick meaning: Tesseract is a noun meaning (mathematics, geometry) The four-dimensional analogue of a cube; a 4D polytope bounded by eight cubes (analogously to the way a cube is bounded by six squares).

Meaning

(mathematics, geometry) The four-dimensional analogue of a cube; a 4D polytope bounded by eight cubes (analogously to the way a cube is bounded by six squares).

More Meanings

1. (science fiction) Any of various fictional mechanisms that explain extradimensional, superluminal, or time travel outside the geometry of the physical universe.

Example Sentences

Cooper sees his younger self due to the tesseract in Interstellar.

Hence the cube determined by these axes is the face of the tesseract which we now have before us.

When the Tesseract's energy levels spiked, Selvig proved unable to stop it and Loki arrived on Earth via a Tesseract-created portal.

"I shall just sit down for a moment and pop on my boots and then I'll be on my way. Speaking of ways, pet, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract."

Word Forms

• tesseracts
• tessaract

Synonyms for tesseract

Depending on context, synonyms include octachoron, tetracube.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hypertorus, octeract, hypercube, hyperhypercube, tetracategory, tetrix.

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