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cantellation

cantellation noun: an operation in any dimension that cuts a regular polytope at its edges and its vertices, creating a new facet in place of each edge and each vertex.

Noun

cantellation (countable and uncountable, plural cantellations)

  1. An operation in any dimension that cuts a regular polytope at its edges and its vertices, creating a new facet in place of each edge and each vertex.

Forms of cantellation

pluralcantellations

Origin of cantellation

Coined by mathematician Norman Johnson from verb cant (“bevel”) + -ation.

Words formed from cantellation

Questions about cantellation

What does cantellation mean?
Cantellation means an operation in any dimension that cuts a regular polytope at its edges and its vertices, creating a new facet in place of each edge and each vertex.
What part of speech is cantellation?
Cantellation is a noun.
What is the plural of cantellation?
The plural of cantellation is cantellations.

Words near cantellation in the dictionary

  1. canteens
  2. cantefable
  3. cantefables
  4. cantel
  5. cantellated
  6. cantellation
  7. cantellations
  8. cantelope
  9. cantelopes
  10. canteloup
  11. canteloupe

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