Definition:Parallelepiped/Height
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Definition
The height of a parallelepiped is the length of the perpendicular between the planes of the bases.
In the above diagram, $h$ is the height of the parallelepiped one of whose bases is $AB$.
Also known as
The height of a parallelepiped is also known as its altitude.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): parallelepiped
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): parallelepiped