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polycycle

polycycle noun: a planar countably locally-finite graph in which all interior vertices have the maximum vertex degree and all interior faces are polygons with the same number of faces.

Noun

polycycle (plural polycycles)

  1. A planar countably locally-finite graph in which all interior vertices have the maximum vertex degree and all interior faces are polygons with the same number of faces.
    • Recall that the cyclicity of a polycycle in a family of equations is the maximal number of limit cycles that may occur from the polycycle in this family.2004, Normal Forms, Bifurcations and Finiteness Problems in Differential Equations
  2. (radar) A waveform with multiple cycles of the carrier within the pulse envelope.

Forms of polycycle

pluralpolycycles

Origin of polycycle

From poly- + cycle.

Questions about polycycle

What does polycycle mean?
Polycycle means a planar countably locally-finite graph in which all interior vertices have the maximum vertex degree and all interior faces are polygons with the same number of faces.
What part of speech is polycycle?
Polycycle is a noun.
What is the plural of polycycle?
The plural of polycycle is polycycles.

Words near polycycle in the dictionary

  1. polycurious
  2. polycyanate
  3. polycyanates
  4. polycyanurate
  5. polycyanurates
  6. polycycle
  7. polycycles
  8. polycyclic
  9. polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
  10. polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
  11. polycyclical

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