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crossing numbers

crossing numbers is the plural of crossing number.

Meaning of crossing number

Noun

crossing number (plural crossing numbers)

  1. The minimum, taken over all planar representations of a link or graph, of the number of times it crosses itself.

Questions about crossing numbers

What is crossing numbers the plural of?
Crossing numbers is the plural of crossing number.

Words near crossing numbers in the dictionary

  1. crossing keepers
  2. crossing loop
  3. crossing loops
  4. crossing my heart and hoping to die
  5. crossing number
  6. crossing numbers
  7. crossing off
  8. crossing one's arms
  9. crossing one's fingers
  10. crossing one's heart
  11. crossing one's legs

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