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cyclohedron

cyclohedron noun: a certain (n−1)-dimensional polytope that is useful in studying knot invariants.

Noun

cyclohedron (plural cyclohedra)

  1. A certain (n−1)-dimensional polytope that is useful in studying knot invariants.
    Synonyms:
    Bott-Taubes polytope

Synonyms of cyclohedron

  • Bott-Taubes polytope

Forms of cyclohedron

pluralcyclohedra

Origin of cyclohedron

From cyclo- + -hedron.

Questions about cyclohedron

What does cyclohedron mean?
Cyclohedron means a certain (n−1)-dimensional polytope that is useful in studying knot invariants.
What part of speech is cyclohedron?
Cyclohedron is a noun.
What is the plural of cyclohedron?
The plural of cyclohedron is cyclohedra.

Words near cyclohedron in the dictionary

  1. cyclographers
  2. cyclographic
  3. cyclographs
  4. cycloguanil
  5. cyclohedra
  6. cyclohedron
  7. cycloheptadecane
  8. cycloheptadecanone
  9. cycloheptadecene
  10. cycloheptadecenone
  11. cycloheptadiene

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