polytope

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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, ...".

Related terms

• polytopic

Translations

• French: polytope
• German: Polytop
• Italian: politopo
• Portuguese: politopo
• Russian: полиэ́др
• Spanish: politopo

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