English Explanatory Dictionary

kissing number

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. For a given space, the maximum number of non-overlapping unit spheres that can be arranged in that space such that they each touch a common unit sphere.

Word forms

kissing number kissing numbers

Synonyms

contact number Newton number
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