English Explanatory Dictionary

thrackle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An embedding of a graph in the plane, such that each edge is a Jordan arc and every pair of edges meet once.

Word forms

thrackle thrackles

Etymology

Scots term for a fouled fishing line, which Conway heard when visiting Scotland.

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