nonacoptic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Self-intersecting.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

nonacoptic

Etymology

From non- + acoptic, introduced by the mathematician Branko Grünbaum to clarify terminology in the geometry of polygons and polyhedra. Initially he used the term coptic, but abandoned it in favor of nonacoptic in later writings.

Antonyms

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