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runcination

runcination noun: an operation in any dimension that cuts a regular polytope at its faces, its edges and its vertices, creating a new facet in place of each face, each edge and each vertex.

Noun

runcination (usually uncountable, plural runcinations)

  1. (usually) An operation in any dimension that cuts a regular polytope at its faces, its edges and its vertices, creating a new facet in place of each face, each edge and each vertex.

Forms of runcination

pluralruncinations

Origin of runcination

From Latin runcina + -ation.

Words formed from runcination

Questions about runcination

What does runcination mean?
Runcination means an operation in any dimension that cuts a regular polytope at its faces, its edges and its vertices, creating a new facet in place of each face, each edge and each vertex.
What part of speech is runcination?
Runcination is a noun.
What is the plural of runcination?
The plural of runcination is runcinations.

Words near runcination in the dictionary

  1. Runcie
  2. Runciman
  3. runcinate
  4. runcinated
  5. runcinately
  6. runcination
  7. runcinations
  8. runcinid
  9. runcinids
  10. runcitruncated
  11. runcitruncation

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