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extraspecial

extraspecial adjective: being an analogue of the Heisenberg group over a finite field whose size is a prime.

Adjective

extraspecial (not comparable)

  1. Being an analogue of the Heisenberg group over a finite field whose size is a prime.

Forms of extraspecial

alternative formextra special

Questions about extraspecial

What does extraspecial mean?
Extraspecial means being an analogue of the Heisenberg group over a finite field whose size is a prime.
What part of speech is extraspecial?
Extraspecial is an adjective.

Words near extraspecial in the dictionary

  1. extrasolar planet
  2. extrasolar planets
  3. extrasolar system
  4. extrasolar systems
  5. extrasomatic
  6. extraspecial
  7. extraspecific
  8. extraspecifically
  9. extraspect
  10. extraspected
  11. extraspecting

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