diallel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Involving crosses between several or all possible combinations.
  2. Of lines: Meeting and intersecting; not parallel.
noun
  1. A set of all possible pairs of items from a specified set of items, especially when used for a study of diallel crosses.
  2. A form of logical fallacy in which a proposition that is required to prove another proposition can only be proved by means of assuming the truth of the proposition one is trying to prove; circular reasoning.

Word forms

diallel diallels

Etymology

From Ancient Greek.

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