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knotoid

knotoid noun: a form of knot diagram whose underlying curve is a segment rather than a circle.

Noun

knotoid (plural knotoids)

  1. A form of knot diagram whose underlying curve is a segment rather than a circle.

Forms of knotoid

pluralknotoids

Origin of knotoid

From knot + -oid, introduced in a paper by Vladimir Turaev.

Questions about knotoid

What does knotoid mean?
Knotoid means a form of knot diagram whose underlying curve is a segment rather than a circle.
What part of speech is knotoid?
Knotoid is a noun.
What is the plural of knotoid?
The plural of knotoid is knotoids.

Words near knotoid in the dictionary

  1. Knoths
  2. knotless
  3. knotlessness
  4. Knotley
  5. knotlike
  6. knotoid
  7. knotoids
  8. knotroot
  9. knots
  10. knots off
  11. Knott

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