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weakly contractible

weakly contractible adjective: having all its homotopy groups trivial.

Adjective

weakly contractible (not comparable)

  1. Having all its homotopy groups trivial.

Questions about weakly contractible

What does weakly contractible mean?
Weakly contractible means having all its homotopy groups trivial.
What part of speech is weakly contractible?
Weakly contractible is an adjective.

Words near weakly contractible in the dictionary

  1. weaklings
  2. weaklink
  3. weaklinks
  4. weakly
  5. weakly cardinal
  6. weakly contractible
  7. weakly interacting massive particle
  8. weakly interacting massive particles
  9. weakly symmetric matter
  10. weakly-typed
  11. weakminded

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