permutohedron

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A polytope with n-1 dimensions that is embedded in an n-dimensional space, its vertices formed by permuting the coordinates of the vector (1, 2, 3, ..., n).

Word forms

permutohedron permutohedra permutahedron

Etymology

From permute + -o- + -hedron.

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