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sterication

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

Noun

sterication (countable and uncountable, plural sterications)

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

Forms of sterication

pluralsterications

Origin of sterication

Coined by mathematician Norman Johnson from Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós, “sold, firm, hard”) + -ation.

Questions about sterication

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

Words near sterication in the dictionary

  1. steric
  2. steric hindrance
  3. steric hindrances
  4. sterical
  5. sterically
  6. sterication
  7. sterications
  8. sterics
  9. sterigma
  10. sterigmas
  11. sterigmata

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