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holonomies

holonomies is the plural of holonomy.

Meaning of holonomy

Noun

holonomy (countable and uncountable, plural holonomies)

  1. (differential geometry) Given a smooth closed curve C on a surface M, and picking any point P on that curve, the holonomy of C in M is the angle by which some vector turns as it is parallel transported along the curve C from point P all the way around and back to point P.

Questions about holonomies

What is holonomies the plural of?
Holonomies is the plural of holonomy.

Words near holonomies in the dictionary

  1. holonic
  2. holonomic
  3. holonomic constraint
  4. holonomic constraints
  5. holonomicity
  6. holonomies
  7. holonomy
  8. holonovel
  9. holonovels
  10. holons
  11. holonym

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Adapted from Wiktionary: holonomies (page history and authors); holonomy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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