lake of Wada en · NOUN
Etymology
Calque of Japanese 和田の湖. Introduced by Kunizo Yoneyama (in 1917), who credited the discovery to Takeo Wada.
Meanings
- Any of three disjoint connected open sets of the plane or open unit square with the counterintuitive property that they all have the same boundary.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lakes of Wada | Number=Plur | lexicographic |