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cantellation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
can-tel-la-tion
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Coined by mathematician Norman Johnson from verb cant (“bevel”) + -ation.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

cantellations (plural)

Derived Forms

bicantellation cantitruncation runcicantellation runcicantitruncation

Frequently Paired Words

cantellate cantellated

Questions

What does cantellation mean?
An operation in any dimension that cuts a regular polytope at its edges and its vertices, creating a new facet in place of each edge and each vertex.
Where does cantellation come from?
Coined by mathematician Norman Johnson from verb cant (“bevel”) + -ation.

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