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vielbein

vielbein noun: a polyad (generalization of vierbein).

Noun

vielbein (plural vielbeins)

  1. A polyad (generalization of vierbein)
    • This vielbein takes the role of the twist in conventional generalized Scherk-Schwarz compactifications.2015, Pascal du Bosque, Falk Hassler, Dieter Lust, “Flux Formulation of DFT on Group Manifolds and Generalized Scherk-Schwarz Compactifications”, in arXiv

Forms of vielbein

pluralvielbeins

Origin of vielbein

Equivalent to German viele (“many”) + Beine (“legs”).

Questions about vielbein

What does vielbein mean?
Vielbein means a polyad (generalization of vierbein).
What part of speech is vielbein?
Vielbein is a noun.
What is the plural of vielbein?
The plural of vielbein is vielbeins.

Words near vielbein in the dictionary

  1. Vieillot
  2. vieing
  3. Vieira
  4. Viekšniai
  5. Viel
  6. vielbein
  7. vielbeins
  8. Viele
  9. Vieles
  10. vielle
  11. vielles

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