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Fintushel-Stern knot

Fintushel-Stern knot noun: the three-tangle pretzel knot with two right-handed twists in its first tangle, three left-handed ones in its second, and seven left-handed ones in its third.

fintushel-stern knot: the three-tangle pretzel knot with two right-handed twists in its first tangle, three left-handed...
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Noun

Fintushel-Stern knot (plural Fintushel-Stern knots)

  1. The three-tangle pretzel knot with two right-handed twists in its first tangle, three left-handed ones in its second, and seven left-handed ones in its third.
    Synonyms:
    pretzel knot

Synonyms of Fintushel-Stern knot

Forms of Fintushel-Stern knot

pluralFintushel-Stern knots

Origin of Fintushel-Stern knot

After Ronald Fintushel and Ronald J. Stern, seemingly because of their 1980 paper "Constructing Lens Spaces by Surgery on Knots".

Questions about Fintushel-Stern knot

What does Fintushel-Stern knot mean?
Fintushel-Stern knot means the three-tangle pretzel knot with two right-handed twists in its first tangle, three left-handed ones in its second, and seven left-handed ones in its third.
What part of speech is Fintushel-Stern knot?
Fintushel-Stern knot is a noun.
What is the plural of Fintushel-Stern knot?
The plural of Fintushel-Stern knot is Fintushel-Stern knots.

Words near Fintushel-Stern knot in the dictionary

  1. Finton
  2. Fintona
  3. Fintons
  4. Fintown
  5. Fintry
  6. Fintushel-Stern knot
  7. fintwit
  8. Finucane
  9. Finucanes
  10. Finvenkism
  11. FinX

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