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Brunnian link

Brunnian link noun: a nontrivial link that becomes a set of trivial unlinked circles if any one component is removed. In other words, cutting any loop frees all the other loops.

Noun

Brunnian link (plural Brunnian links)

  1. A nontrivial link that becomes a set of trivial unlinked circles if any one component is removed. In other words, cutting any loop frees all the other loops.

Forms of Brunnian link

pluralBrunnian links

Origin of Brunnian link

Named after Hermann Brunn, whose 1892 article Über Verkettung included examples of such links.

Questions about Brunnian link

What does Brunnian link mean?
Brunnian link means a nontrivial link that becomes a set of trivial unlinked circles if any one component is removed. In other words, cutting any loop frees all the other loops.
What part of speech is Brunnian link?
Brunnian link is a noun.
What is the plural of Brunnian link?
The plural of Brunnian link is Brunnian links.

Words near Brunnian link in the dictionary

  1. brunnescent
  2. Brunnhilde
  3. Brunnian
  4. Brunnian braid
  5. Brunnian braids
  6. Brunnian link
  7. Brunnian links
  8. Brunning
  9. Brunny
  10. Bruno
  11. brunogeierite

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