English Explanatory Dictionary

acoptic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Not self-intersecting.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-acoptic.wav

Word forms

acoptic

Etymology

Introduced by the mathematician Branko Grünbaum to clarify terminology in the geometry of polygons and polyhedra. From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + κόπτω (kóptō, “to cut”).

Antonyms

nonacoptic
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