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Brunnian links

Brunnian links is the plural of Brunnian link.

Meaning of Brunnian link

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.

Questions about Brunnian links

What is Brunnian links the plural of?
Brunnian links is the plural of Brunnian link.

Words near Brunnian links in the dictionary

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

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