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cake number

cake number noun: for some number n, the maximum number of regions into which a cube can be partitioned by exactly n planes.

Noun

cake number (plural cake numbers)

  1. For some number n, the maximum number of regions into which a cube can be partitioned by exactly n planes.

Forms of cake number

pluralcake numbers

Origin of cake number

By analogy with slices being made by a knife through a cube-shaped cake.

Questions about cake number

What does cake number mean?
Cake number means for some number n, the maximum number of regions into which a cube can be partitioned by exactly n planes.
What part of speech is cake number?
Cake number is a noun.
What is the plural of cake number?
The plural of cake number is cake numbers.

Words near cake number in the dictionary

  1. cake lifters
  2. cake mix
  3. cake mixes
  4. cake mold
  5. cake molds
  6. cake number
  7. cake numbers
  8. cake plate
  9. cake plates
  10. cake pop
  11. cake pops

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