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skeletoid

skeletoid noun: a structure that captures the essential topological information of a space.

Noun

skeletoid (plural skeletoids)

  1. A structure that captures the essential topological information of a space.
    • By proposition 6.5.4, X is a skeletoid and hence an absorber by theorem 6.5.1.1988, J. van Mill, Infinite-Dimensional Topology: Prerequisites and Introduction, page 285
    • Skeletoids and absorbers play an important role in infinite-dimensional topology. The existence and uniqueness of skeletoids (and absorbers) with respect to certain collections allow ^([sic]) one to study completely metrizable infinite-dimensional manifolds by using the technique of compact...2020, Howard Cook, Continua: With the Houston Problem Book, page 70

Adjective

skeletoid (not comparable)

  1. (soil science) Containing a high proportion of coarse fragments such as gravel, stones, or rock fragments and as a result having low water-holding capacity and limited ability to retain nutrients.
    • The reddish brown skeletoid soil samples were all moderately supplied.1965, Soils of the Velika Morava and Mlava Basin, page 231
    • Hence there are shallow skeletal and skeletoid soils on large areas, while somewhat deeper soils are found only on gentle slopes […]1968, Pedologic Cover of Western and Northwestern Serbia, page 247
    Synonyms:
    skeletoidal
  2. Skeletal or framework-like.
    • Aerial hyphae: (a) as in advancing zone but with slightly thickened walls; (b) hyaline to pale brownish, thick walled, aseptate, (1-) 1.5-2 (-3) μ wide, skeletoid, rarely branched.1980, Paul Holliday, Fungus Diseases of Tropical Crops, →ISBN, page 266

Synonyms of skeletoid

Forms of skeletoid

pluralskeletoids

Questions about skeletoid

What does skeletoid mean?
Skeletoid means a structure that captures the essential topological information of a space.
What part of speech is skeletoid?
Skeletoid can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of skeletoid?
The plural of skeletoid is skeletoids.

Words near skeletoid in the dictionary

  1. skeletogenetic
  2. skeletogenic
  3. skeletogenous
  4. skeletogeny
  5. skeletography
  6. skeletoid
  7. skeletoidal
  8. skeletoids
  9. skeletology
  10. skeletomotor
  11. skeletomuscular

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