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gonality

gonality noun: the "angularity" of a curve (See the Wikipedia article for a more rigorous definition).

Noun

gonality (plural gonalities)

  1. The "angularity" of a curve (See the Wikipedia article for a more rigorous definition)
    • If C is reducible, we compare its gonality to that of its irreducible components.2015, Juliana Coelho, Frederico Sercio, “On the gonality of stable curves”, in arXiv

Forms of gonality

pluralgonalities

Questions about gonality

What does gonality mean?
Gonality means the "angularity" of a curve (See the Wikipedia article for a more rigorous definition).
What part of speech is gonality?
Gonality is a noun.
What is the plural of gonality?
The plural of gonality is gonalities.

Words near gonality in the dictionary

  1. gonakie
  2. gonakies
  3. gonal
  4. gonalgia
  5. gonalities
  6. gonality
  7. gonane
  8. gonanes
  9. gonangia
  10. gonangial
  11. gonangium

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