Naming and Uses for $n$-Orthotope divided into Orthants

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The object I’m thinking about is an $n$-dimensional Orthotope (generalization of a rectangle), which is sectioned into $2^n$ orthants (generalization of quadrant). A couple of questions…

  1. What’s the proper name for this object (if such a name exists)? That will help me find literature about it…

  2. Are there any problems where such a structure would be useful?

  3. Are there general properties about this object that are known?

Thanks in advance!