Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heegaard

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hee-gaard
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Related to a closed three-dimensional manifold's being the identification of two handlebodies along their respective boundaries.

Etymology

Introduced by Poul Heegaard in 1898.

Phrases

Heegaard splitting

Frequently Paired Words

Heegaard splitting

Questions

What does heegaard mean?: Related to a closed three-dimensional manifold's being the identification of two handlebodies along their respective boundaries.
Where does heegaard come from?: Introduced by Poul Heegaard in 1898.

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