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Conway knot

Conway knot noun: a particular knot with 11 crossings, related by mutation to the Kinoshita-Terasaka knot.

Noun

Conway knot (plural Conway knots)

  1. A particular knot with 11 crossings, related by mutation to the Kinoshita-Terasaka knot.

Forms of Conway knot

pluralConway knots

Origin of Conway knot

Named after John Horton Conway.

Questions about Conway knot

What does Conway knot mean?
Conway knot means a particular knot with 11 crossings, related by mutation to the Kinoshita-Terasaka knot.
What part of speech is Conway knot?
Conway knot is a noun.
What is the plural of Conway knot?
The plural of Conway knot is Conway knots.

Words near Conway knot in the dictionary

  1. convulvulus
  2. convulxin
  3. Conway
  4. Conway County
  5. Conway criterion
  6. Conway knot
  7. Conway knots
  8. Conway polynomial
  9. Conway polynomials
  10. Conway's constant
  11. Conway's law

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