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Heegaard

Heegaard adjective: related to a closed three-dimensional manifold's being the identification of two handlebodies along their respective boundaries.

Adjective

Heegaard (not comparable)

  1. Related to a closed three-dimensional manifold's being the identification of two handlebodies along their respective boundaries.

Origin of Heegaard

Introduced by Poul Heegaard in 1898.

Phrases with Heegaard

Questions about Heegaard

What does Heegaard mean?
Heegaard means related to a closed three-dimensional manifold's being the identification of two handlebodies along their respective boundaries.
What part of speech is Heegaard?
Heegaard is an adjective.

Words near Heegaard in the dictionary

  1. heedworthy
  2. heedy
  3. heeelp
  4. heeey
  5. Heeg
  6. Heegaard
  7. Heegaard decomposition
  8. Heegaard decompositions
  9. Heegaard splitting
  10. Heegaard splittings
  11. Heeger

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