English Explanatory Dictionary

Kelvin problem

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The problem of partitioning three-dimensional space into cells of equal volume with the least area of surface between them.

Word forms

Kelvin problem the Kelvin problem

Etymology

Posed by Lord Kelvin in 1887.

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