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dessin d'enfant

dessin d'enfant noun: a type of graph embedding used to study Riemann surfaces and to provide combinatorial invariants for the action of the absolute Galois group of the rational numbers.

dessin d'enfant: a type of graph embedding used to study Riemann surfaces and to provide combinatorial invariants...
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Noun

dessin d'enfant (plural dessins d'enfant)

  1. A type of graph embedding used to study Riemann surfaces and to provide combinatorial invariants for the action of the absolute Galois group of the rational numbers.
    Synonyms:
    dessin

Synonyms of dessin d'enfant

Forms of dessin d'enfant

pluraldessins d'enfant

Origin of dessin d'enfant

Borrowed from French dessin d'enfant (“child's drawing”).

Questions about dessin d'enfant

What does dessin d'enfant mean?
Dessin d'enfant means a type of graph embedding used to study Riemann surfaces and to provide combinatorial invariants for the action of the absolute Galois group of the rational numbers.
What part of speech is dessin d'enfant?
Dessin d'enfant is a noun.
What is the plural of dessin d'enfant?
The plural of dessin d'enfant is dessins d'enfant.

Words near dessin d'enfant in the dictionary

  1. dessicated
  2. dessication
  3. dessicator
  4. dessiccator
  5. dessin
  6. dessin d'enfant
  7. dessins
  8. dessins d'enfant
  9. dessjatine
  10. dessjatines
  11. dessus

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