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A '''parallelepiped''' is a [[prism]] that has [[parallelograms]] for its base faces. Similarly, a '''parallelepiped''' is equivalently a [[hexahedron]] with six [[parallelogram]]. Specific '''parallelepipeds''' include the [[cube]], the [[cuboid]], and any rectangular [[prism]].
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A '''parallelepiped''' is a [[prism]] that has [[parallelograms]] for its faces. Similarly, a '''parallelepiped''' is equivalently a [[hexahedron]] with six [[parallelogram]]. Specific '''parallelepipeds''' include the [[cube]], the [[cuboid]], and any rectangular [[prism]].
  
 
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A parallelepiped is a prism that has parallelograms for its faces. Similarly, a parallelepiped is equivalently a hexahedron with six parallelogram. Specific parallelepipeds include the cube, the cuboid, and any rectangular prism.

Specific Cases

A parallelepiped with all rectangular faces is a cuboid, and a parallelepiped with six rhombus faces is known as a [rhombohedron]]. In an $n-$dimensional space, a parallelepiped is sometimes referred to as an $n-$dimensional parallelepiped, or as an $n-$parallelepiped. A cube is a parallelepiped with all square faces.

Volume

The volume of a parallelepiped is the product of area of one of its faces times the perpendicular distance to the corresponding top face. Alternately, if the three edges of a parallelepiped that meet at one vertex are defined as vectors $a, b,$ and $c$ with the specific vertex as the origin, then the volume of the parallelepiped is the same as the scalar triple product of the vectors, or $a \cdot (b \times c)$.


See also