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space-filling curve

space-filling curve noun: a curve whose range contains the entire 2-dimensional unit square (or the 3-dimensional unit cube).

space-filling curve: a curve whose range contains the entire 2-dimensional unit square (or the 3-dimensional unit cube)
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Noun

space-filling curve (plural space-filling curves)

  1. a curve whose range contains the entire 2-dimensional unit square (or the 3-dimensional unit cube)
    • From space-filling curves it can be deduced that #92;mathbb#123;R#125;² and #92;mathbb#123;R#125;³ have the same cardinality as #92;mathbb#123;R#125;.

Forms of space-filling curve

pluralspace-filling curves

Questions about space-filling curve

What does space-filling curve mean?
Space-filling curve means a curve whose range contains the entire 2-dimensional unit square (or the 3-dimensional unit cube).
What part of speech is space-filling curve?
Space-filling curve is a noun.
What is the plural of space-filling curve?
The plural of space-filling curve is space-filling curves.

Words near space-filling curve in the dictionary

  1. space-borne
  2. space-cadet keyboard
  3. space-cadet keyboards
  4. space-faring
  5. space-filling
  6. space-filling curve
  7. space-filling curves
  8. space-filling model
  9. space-filling models
  10. space-happy
  11. space-invader

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