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nonacoptic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

From non- + acoptic, introduced by the mathematician Branko Grünbaum to clarify terminology in the geometry of polygons and polyhedra. Initially he used the term coptic, but abandoned it in favor of nonacoptic in later writings.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, uncommon) Self-intersecting.
    • 1999, Grünbaum, Branko, "Acoptic polyhedra", Advances in discrete and computational geometry (South Hadley, MA, 1996) (PDF), Contemp. Math., 223, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI, pp. 163–199, doi:10.1090/conm/223/03137, MR 1661382. See Norgate [N2], where nonacoptic pentahedra are investigated as well.

Antonyms

acoptic

wikipedia: small stellated dodecahedron · wikipedia: Branko Grünbaum