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Meaning of "tesseract" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TESSERACT

tesseract  [ˈtesəˌrækt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TESSERACT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tesseract is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TESSERACT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tesseract

In geometry, the tesseract, also called an 8-cell or regular octachoron or cubic prism, is the four-dimensional analog of the cube; the tesseract is to the cube as the cube is to the square. Just as the surface of the cube consists of 6 square faces, the hypersurface of the tesseract consists of 8 cubical cells. The tesseract is one of the six convex regular 4-polytopes. A generalization of the cube to dimensions greater than three is called a "hypercube", "n-cube" or "measure polytope". The tesseract is the four-dimensional hypercube, or 4-cube. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word tesseract was coined and first used in 1888 by Charles Howard Hinton in his book A New Era of Thought, from the Greek τέσσερεις ακτίνες, referring to the four lines from each vertex to other vertices. In this publication, as well as some of Hinton's later work, the word was occasionally spelled "tessaract." Some people have called the same figure a tetracube, and also simply a hypercube.

Definition of tesseract in the English dictionary

The definition of tesseract in the dictionary is a cube inside another cube.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TESSERACT


abstract
ˈæbstrækt
attract
əˈtrækt
bract
brækt
cataract
ˈkætəˌrækt
contract
kənˈtrækt
cracked
krækt
detract
dɪˈtrækt
distract
dɪˈstrækt
entr´acte
ɒnˈtrækt
extract
ɪkˈstrækt
retract
rɪˈtrækt
subcontract
sʌbˈkɒntrækt
subtract
səbˈtrækt
tracked
trækt
tract
trækt
untracked
ʌnˈtrækt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TESSERACT

tessaraglot
tesselate
tessella
tessellae
tessellar
tessellate
tessellated
tessellation
tessera
tesserae
tesseral
Tessin
tessitura
test
Test Act
test ban
test ban treaty
test bore
test card
test case

WORDS THAT END LIKE TESSERACT

alimentary tract
breach of contract
caract
counteract
digestive tract
fixed cost contract
fixed-price contract
fixed-term contract
forward contract
in the abstract
interact
maintenance contract
malt extract
overact
respiratory tract
service contract
social contract
underact
urinary tract
yeast extract

Synonyms and antonyms of tesseract in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tesseract» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TESSERACT

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The translations of tesseract from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tesseract» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

tesseract
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tesseract
570 millions of speakers

English

tesseract
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Tesseract
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

tesseract
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тессеракт
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tesseract
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

টেসেরাক্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tesseract
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tesseract
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tesseract
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

四次元立方体
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

테세 랙트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tesseract
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Tesseract
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

tesseract
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टेसरेक्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

teserakt
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Tesseract
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tesseract
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тессеракт
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tesseract
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

tesseract
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Tesseract
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tesseract
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Tesseract
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tesseract

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TESSERACT»

The term «tesseract» is regularly used and occupies the 70.382 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TESSERACT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tesseract

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TESSERACT»

Discover the use of tesseract in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tesseract and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Tesseract
In less than an hour, Sean has a meeting with a mestizo gangster.
Alex Garland, 2007
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A Wrinkle in Time
A Wrinkle in Time, winner of the Newbery Medal in 1963, is the story of the adventures in space and time of Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin O'Keefe (athlete, student, and one of the most popular boys in high school).
Madeleine L'Engle, 2010
3
Tesseract
Mark Johnson, a young executive in the great Tyson financial empire, is charged with an unusual and dangerous assignment--to bring peace to one planet and discord to another, to save both civilizations from destruction
Joseph Addison, 1988
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Tesseracts
This is the anthology that started it all! Featuring fiction by Alisabeth Vonarburg and Hugo and Nebula award winning authors Spider Robinson, and William Gibson.
Tesseract Books, Judith Merril, 1988
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The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture
LITTLE. TESSERACT. LOCATION Rhinebeck, New York Steven Holl Architects DESIGNER Steven Holl 2004 Steven Holl is one of the best-regarded American architects of his generation, well known for designs including the Kiasma Museum ...
Alanna Stang, Christopher Hawthorne, 2005
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The Universal Book of Mathematics: From Abracadabra to ...
Tensors were used by Einstein in deriving his law of gravitation in general relativity theory. arranged in a cross around the second cube from the top. A tesseract is made by folding (in the fourth dimension) so that the top face of the cube at the ...
David Darling, 2004
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The Math Book: From Pythagoras to the 57th Dimension, 250 ...
00. 00. 00. Tesseract. Charles Howard Hinton (1853-1907) I know of no subject in mathematics that has intrigued both children and adults as much as the idea of a fourth dimension, a spatial direction different from all the directions of our ...
Clifford A. Pickover, 2009
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Magic, Mystery, and Science: The Occult in Western Civilization
The ultimate vision, at least for the trainee, came with the apprehension of the hypercube or tesseract, which could be visualized through the manipulation of the aforementioned cubes. One was to build a tesseract from an intricate ...
Dan Burton, David Grandy, 2004
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Pathways to Privatization in Education
Parent Involvement Despite the introduction of four new parent involvement activities into Tesseract schools, there appears to be little difference between parent involvement in Tesseract and comparison schools.... Tesseract schools obtained ...
Joseph Murphy, 1998
10
The Alien IQ Test
For Catherine, time had lost its circadian rhythm; she had fallen into a tesseract of time, and day and night blended into one. Sidney Sheldon, Other Side of Midnight The hypercube or tesseract is described by moving the generating cube in the ...
Clifford A. Pickover, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TESSERACT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tesseract is used in the context of the following news items.
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TesseracT Announce 'Polaris' Aussie Tour
In lieu of the recent album announcement for the highly anticipated third TesseracT record, Polaris, the UK prog rock giants have just announced a massive ... «theMusic, Jul 15»
2
TesseracT To Release New Album, Polaris
TesseracT has been through a roller coaster of a ride since our first EP,” the band say. “We seemed to always have been filling the holes in our ship's hull to ... «Kerrang!, Jul 15»
3
Explore Space and Time in This Featurette on the 'Interstellar …
And this is even more impressive when you take a look at how practical and visual effects combined to create what Nolan calls the “Tesseract,” which is the ... «/FILM, Jun 15»
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Video: U.K. Band TESSERACT Performs On Gigantic Igloo
Progressive rock band TESSERACT has landed back in the U.K., having performed the world's first "Gigloo" — a gig on what is thought to be the world's largest ... «BLABBERMOUTH.NET, Apr 15»
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'Interstellar' Originally Had A Much Darker, Straightforward Ending
He survives the descent, but then finds himself inside a 5th-dimensional “tesseract,” which he uses to peruse the timeline of his life and contact his daughter's ... «UPROXX, Mar 15»
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Iron Man 2 May Have A Huge Clue To The Marvel Cinematic …
Since it is generally assumed that the gem in Loki's scepter is either is an Infinity Stone or something related to the Tesseract, it could be the case that the spell ... «Cinema Blend, Mar 15»
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Willow Smith Releases New EP, Interdimensional Tesseract
Musician Willow Smith, 14, has just released her three-track EP titled Interdimensional Tesseract, entirely produced by Chaotic. In addition to the music itself, Will ... «BET, Jan 15»
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Stream Willow Smith's "Interdimensional Tesseract" EP
All of the records are produced by Chaotic, and together create the Interdimensional Tesseract, a title which could have easily come directly from one of Jaden's ... «HotNewHipHop, Jan 15»
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Inside the Making of the Spectacular Tesseract in 'Interstellar'
This is where Matthew McConaughey's Cooper encounters the Tesseract: an artificial construct that allows him to perceive time as a physical dimension. «Indie Wire, Dec 14»
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It's superheroes vs. game heroes in brutal fight for the Tesseract
“In the hands of mortals, the Tesseract will only cause great harm,” Thor warns — and he turns out to be right, as what follows is a brutal, bloody brawl, involving ... «Comic Book Resources, Nov 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Tesseract [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/tesseract>. Apr 2024 ».
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