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hyperspecial

hyperspecial adjective: pertaining to a hyperspecial subgroup.

Adjective

hyperspecial (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to a hyperspecial subgroup.
    • We give an expository overview over recent results on the global structure and geometry of the Newton stratification of the reduction modulo p of Shimura varieties of Hodge type with hyperspecial level structure.2015, Eva Viehmann, “On the geometry of the Newton stratification”, in arXiv

Origin of hyperspecial

From hyper- + special.

Questions about hyperspecial

What does hyperspecial mean?
Hyperspecial means pertaining to a hyperspecial subgroup.
What part of speech is hyperspecial?
Hyperspecial is an adjective.

Words near hyperspecial in the dictionary

  1. hyperspaces
  2. hyperspacing
  3. hyperspank
  4. hyperspasmia
  5. hyperspatial
  6. hyperspecial
  7. hyperspecialist
  8. hyperspecialists
  9. hyperspecialization
  10. hyperspecializations
  11. hyperspecialize

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