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gammoid

gammoid noun: a certain kind of matroid, describing sets of vertices that can be reached by vertex-disjoint paths in a directed graph.

Noun

gammoid (plural gammoids)

  1. A certain kind of matroid, describing sets of vertices that can be reached by vertex-disjoint paths in a directed graph.

Adjective

gammoid (comparative more gammoid, superlative most gammoid)

  1. Shaped like a gamma.

Forms of gammoid

Noun
pluralgammoids
Adjective
comparativemore gammoid
superlativemost gammoid

Origin of gammoid

Named by J. H. Mason in a 1972 paper (On a Class of Matroids Arising From Paths in Graphs).

Questions about gammoid

What does gammoid mean?
Gammoid means a certain kind of matroid, describing sets of vertices that can be reached by vertex-disjoint paths in a directed graph.
What part of speech is gammoid?
Gammoid can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of gammoid?
The plural of gammoid is gammoids.

Words near gammoid in the dictionary

  1. gamming
  2. gammock
  3. gammocked
  4. gammocking
  5. gammocks
  6. gammoid
  7. gammoids
  8. gammon
  9. gammon and pickles
  10. gammon and spinach
  11. gammon iron

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