sterication

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An operation in any dimension that cuts a regular polytope at its cells, its faces, its edges and its vertices, creating a new facet in place of each cell, each face, each edge and each vertex.

Word forms

sterication sterications

Etymology

Coined by mathematician Norman Johnson from Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós, “sold, firm, hard”) + -ation.

Related words

steric stericate stericated
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