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adinkra

adinkra noun: any of a set of visual symbols representing concepts or aphorisms, originally created by the Akan of Ghana and the Gyaman of Côte d'Ivoire in West Africa, often used as artistic devices.

Noun

adinkra (plural adinkras or adinkra)

  1. Any of a set of visual symbols representing concepts or aphorisms, originally created by the Akan of Ghana and the Gyaman of Côte d'Ivoire in West Africa, often used as artistic devices.
  2. A graphical representation of supersymmetric algebras, consisting of coloured finite connected simple graphs that are bipartite and n-regular.

Forms of adinkra

pluraladinkras
pluraladinkra

Origin of adinkra

Borrowed from Akan adinkra.

Questions about adinkra

What does adinkra mean?
Adinkra means any of a set of visual symbols representing concepts or aphorisms, originally created by the Akan of Ghana and the Gyaman of Côte d'Ivoire in West Africa, often used as artistic devices.
What part of speech is adinkra?
Adinkra is a noun.
What is the plural of adinkra?
The plural of adinkra is adinkras.

Words near adinkra in the dictionary

  1. Adin
  2. Adina
  3. adinazolam
  4. adinities
  5. adinity
  6. adinkra
  7. adinkras
  8. adinopectin
  9. adintrevimab
  10. Adio
  11. adiopocere

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