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four color problem

four color problem noun: the problem of coloring a map with no more than four colors, such that no two adjacent regions have the same color.

Noun

four color problem (plural four color problems)

  1. The problem of coloring a map with no more than four colors, such that no two adjacent regions have the same color.

Forms of four color problem

pluralfour color problems

Questions about four color problem

What does four color problem mean?
Four color problem means the problem of coloring a map with no more than four colors, such that no two adjacent regions have the same color.
What part of speech is four color problem?
Four color problem is a noun.
What is the plural of four color problem?
The plural of four color problem is four color problems.

Words near four color problem in the dictionary

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  7. four color theorem
  8. four colors
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