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tesseract

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(mathematics, geometry) The four-dimensional analogue of a cube; a 4D polytope bounded by eight cubes (analogously to the way a cube is bounded by six squares).

(science fiction) Any of various fictional mechanisms that explain extradimensional, superluminal, or time travel outside the geometry of the physical universe.

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A hypercube of dimension n has 2n sides (a 1-dimensional line has 2 end points; a 2-dimensional square has 4 sides or edges; a 3-dimensional cube has 6 2-dimensional faces; a 4-dimensional tesseract has 8 cells). Source: Internet

After Loki and his Chitauri army were defeated, Thor used the Tesseract to teleport himself and Loki back to Asgard, wishing farewell to his fellow Avengers. Source: Internet

Hence, the tesseract has a dihedral angle of 90°. Source: Internet

Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel has been confirmed to be the strongest character in the MCU thanks to her powers which she received from the tesseract. Source: Internet

Projection of a rotating tesseract Related families of polytopes The hypercubes are one of the few families of regular polytopes that are represented in any number of dimensions. Source: Internet

He’s able to prevent Red Skull from taking the Tesseract but is unable to get to the love of his life Peggy Carter, going down in a ship and being submerged in ice for 70 years. Source: Internet

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