I don't think anything will keep me from calling it an "array with rank greater than 2."
Marshall On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 10:10 PM, Henry Rich <[email protected]> wrote: > 'cube' was suggested. Raul objected that a cube should have all axes of > equal length. > > 'cuboid' has been used in Ye Dic (in the description of ;.0). According > to Wikipedia a cuboid should have rank 3. And the word seems strained. > > 'hyperrectangle' is used, but it's a fifty-cent word for a ten-cent idea. > > A fancier word is 'orthotope'. Great if you're a Greek scholar. > > Also, 'box', which would be perfect if we weren't using it already. > > How about 'brick'? or 'block'? > > I like 'brick', followed by 'cube'. > > Henry Rich > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
