Definition of "polytope" []

• A finite region of n-dimensional space bounded by hyperplanes; the geometrical entity represented by the general term of the infinite sequence "point, line, polygon, polyhedron, ...". (noun)

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• "Computing power has been increased by incredible proportions, and the the environs of the “beanpole” has become a multidimensional polygon called a polytope—an abstraction that planners spend their adolescent years learning to handle."
• "Batsheba used Wizard's mathematical data for the crystal visualization and explains: "This 3D projection is notable for showing all 240 vertices, arranged in the concentric circles that appear in the common 2D "spirograph" rendering of this polytope.""
• "Yet the homology sphere is a sphere with the rotational group SO (3) “modulo” a discrete set of rotations which describe a polytope or polyhedra."