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Kakeya set

Kakeya set noun: a set of points in Euclidean space that contains a unit line segment in every direction.

Noun

Kakeya set (plural Kakeya sets)

  1. A set of points in Euclidean space that contains a unit line segment in every direction.
    Synonyms:
    Besicovitch set
  2. Synonym of Kakeya needle set.
    Synonyms:
    Kakeya needle set

Synonyms of Kakeya set

Forms of Kakeya set

pluralKakeya sets

Origin of Kakeya set

Named after Japanese mathematician Sōichi Kakeya.

Questions about Kakeya set

What does Kakeya set mean?
Kakeya set means a set of points in Euclidean space that contains a unit line segment in every direction.
What part of speech is Kakeya set?
Kakeya set is a noun.
What is the plural of Kakeya set?
The plural of Kakeya set is Kakeya sets.

Words near Kakeya set in the dictionary

  1. kakegoe
  2. kakemono
  3. kakemonos
  4. kakenage
  5. Kakeya
  6. Kakeya set
  7. Kakeya sets
  8. kakezori
  9. Kakheti
  10. Kakheti-Hereti
  11. Kakhovka

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