quaderförmiges

Quaderförmiges is an adjectival form used in German to describe objects that have the shape of a cuboid, or rectangular prism. The term is applied when an item resembles a box with flat, quadrilateral faces rather than a more rounded or irregular form. In strict geometric language, a quader (Quader) refers to a six-faced polyhedron with quadrilateral faces, typically a rectangular parallelepiped with right-angled edges. A quaderförmiges object thus conveys a box-like geometry.

The characteristic features of a quaderförmiges shape include six faces, twelve edges and eight vertices. For a rectangular cuboid, the faces come in pairs of congruent rectangles and the edges meet at right angles. The practical description often emphasizes the overall boxy appearance rather than precise tolerances.

Formally, if dimensions are length, width and height (l, w, h), the volume is V = l × w × h and the surface area is A = 2(lw + lh + wh). In everyday language, quaderförmiges describes objects such as boxes, bricks, or devices that have a largely rectangular, box-like silhouette, even if exact measurements vary slightly or edges are chamfered.

Etymology and usage notes: quaderförmig combines Quader with the suffix -förmig, meaning in the form of a cuboid. The inflection follows standard German adjective declension, for example: ein quaderförmiges Objekt (neuter singular), quaderförmige Objekte (plural).