polytope
Etymology

From , equivalent to poly- ("many") + -tope ("surface").

Noun

polytope (plural polytopes)

  1. (geometry) A finite region of n-dimensional space bounded by hyperplanes (a geometric shape with flat sides, existing in any number of dimensions); the geometrical entity represented by the general term of the infinite sequence "point, line, polygon, polyhedron, ...".
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