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tesseract

represented in two dimensions

tes·ser·act

(tĕs′ə-răkt′)

A four-dimensional hypercube.

[Greek tessera, neuter pl. of tesseres, four; see tessera + aktīs, ray of light; see actino-.]

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tesseract

(ˈtɛsəˌrækt)

(Mathematics) maths a cube inside another cube

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tesseract - the four-dimensional analogue of a cube

cube, regular hexahedron - a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces

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