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hypercube

hypercube

8.8
A data structure that stores numbers by different categories like time and region
  • noun
  • /ˈhaɪpərˌkjub/
  • Specialized
translation icon : hipercubo
  • In multidimensional databases, there is a hypercube, where, for each dimension on the hypercube, the user can drill down or aggregate.

Examples

  • Data analysts often use a hypercube to visualize complex relationships between different data dimensions.

  • You sum over the entire hypercube and you multiply.

  • In multidimensional databases, there is a hypercube, where, for each dimension on the hypercube, the user can drill down or aggregate.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Alternatively, some tools have been designed to help developers generate a hypercube based on a relational database (DePompa 1997).

    Academic text (1999)

  • To analyze sales trends effectively, the team created a hypercube that summarized information across various categories and time periods.

  • In data warehousing, a hypercube allows users to perform multidimensional analysis by slicing and dicing the information.

Synonyms

cube
vshypercube
  • Specialized
36 7.0

A collection of data showing totals across categories like time or region

is a general analysis structure focusing on organizing and summarizing across dimensions

How Complex

tensor
  • Specialized
3 9.7
hypercube
  • Specialized
8.8
cube
  • Specialized
36 7.0
matrix
  • Specialized
20 6.8
vector
  • Specialized
50 4.9

Surface Forms

hypercube singular
hypercubes plural

Morphology

hypercube = cube (semi-transparent) = hyper + cube

The form is transparently built from 'hyper-' + 'cube', but the specialized data-analysis meaning is a technical extension from geometry rather than a fully compositional everyday sense.

Etymology

Hypercube comes from hyper- 'beyond' and cube 'a box in three dimensions', and in data work it means a cube that goes beyond three dimensions to hold many categories like time, place, and product. So a hypercube helps you organise and view information across several 'dimensions' at once.