Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cocktail party graph

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English

Syllables: cock-tail -par-ty -graph
IPA

37

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A graph consisting of two rows of paired nodes in which all nodes except the paired ones are connected with straight lines; it is the complement of the ladder rung graph, and the dual graph of the hypercube.

Etymology

So called because it can be visualised as the set of handshakes if n couples go to a party and each person shakes hands with every person except his or her partner.

Inflected Forms

cocktail party graphs (plural)

Synonyms

hyperoctahedral graph

Questions

What does cocktail party graph mean?: A graph consisting of two rows of paired nodes in which all nodes except the paired ones are connected with straight lines; it is the complement of the ladder rung graph, and the dual graph of the hypercube.
Where does cocktail party graph come from?: So called because it can be visualised as the set of handshakes if n couples go to a party and each person shakes hands with every person except his or her partner.

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