Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

octachoron

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: oc-ta-choron
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A four-dimensional object analogous to a cube, constructed out of eight cubes.

Example Sentences

"Our 16-point 4D constellation is described by the set {(±1,±1,±1,±1)}, which is indeed the set of vertices of a tesseract (i.e., a regular octachoron) [4]."
"The Schlegel diagram from this figure is a projection of a regular octachoron from the 4-D space to the 3-D space through a point beyond one of its facets."
"...completing the notation for the vertices of an elementary lattice octachoron."

Etymology

From octa- (“eight”) + -choron (“room”), from Ancient Greek ὀκτά- (oktá-, “eight”) and χῶρος (khôros, “room”).

Word Breakdown

Prefix: octa
Suffix: choron

Inflected Forms

octachorons (plural) octachora (plural)

Synonyms

4-cube 8-cell hypercube tesseract

Questions

What does octachoron mean?: A four-dimensional object analogous to a cube, constructed out of eight cubes.
Where does octachoron come from?: From octa- (“eight”) + -choron (“room”), from Ancient Greek ὀκτά- (oktá-, “eight”) and χῶρος (khôros, “room”).

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