cyclotomy en · NOUN
Etymology
From cyclo- + -tomy.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) surgical removal of the ciliary muscle
- (countable, uncountable) the historical problems of dividing the circle into a given number of equal segments, and of constructing regular polygons
- (countable, uncountable) the analytical extraction of the complex roots of unity; a de Moivre number
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cyclotomies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |