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polytopal

polytopal adjective: of or pertaining to polytopes.

Adjective

polytopal (comparative more polytopal, superlative most polytopal)

  1. Of or pertaining to polytopes.
  2. Describing any rearrangement reaction involving atoms or groups at the vertices of a polyhedron.

Forms of polytopal

comparativemore polytopal
superlativemost polytopal

Origin of polytopal

From polytope + -al.

Questions about polytopal

What does polytopal mean?
Polytopal means of or pertaining to polytopes.
What part of speech is polytopal?
Polytopal is an adjective.

Words near polytopal in the dictionary

  1. polytones
  2. polytonic
  3. polytonicity
  4. polytons
  5. polytony
  6. polytopal
  7. polytope
  8. polytopes
  9. polytopian
  10. polytopians
  11. polytopic

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