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paperfolding

paperfolding noun: the folding of paper; origami.

Noun

paperfolding (uncountable)

  1. The folding of paper; origami
    • We compute the corresponding characteristic functions for various famous sequences, such as the Thue-Morse sequence, the Rudin-Shapiro sequence, the ordinary paperfolding sequence, period-doubling sequence, and the Fibonacci sequence..2015, Luke Schaeffer, Jeffrey Shallit, “Closed, Rich, Privileged, Trapezoidal, and Balanced Words in Automatic Sequences”, in arXiv

Origin of paperfolding

From paper + folding.

Questions about paperfolding

What does paperfolding mean?
Paperfolding means the folding of paper; origami.
What part of speech is paperfolding?
Paperfolding is a noun.

Words near paperfolding in the dictionary

  1. papered the house
  2. paperer
  3. paperers
  4. paperflower
  5. paperflowers
  6. paperfolding
  7. paperful
  8. paperfuls
  9. papergirl
  10. papergirls
  11. papergram

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