Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

precoloring

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-col-or-ing
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

coloring in advance

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A particular assignment of colors in a precoloring.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"For any matching M in G and any precoloring of the edges in M using the colors #92;#123;1,#92;ldots,K#92;#125;, there is some proper K-edge-coloring of G extending the given precoloring."
"On the other hand, Thomassen's proof on planar graph 5 - choosability shows that some precolorings (two adjacent precolored vertices) and short lists (on the same face) allow a list coloring extension."

Etymology

From pre- + coloring.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pre

Usage

Inflected Forms

precolorings (plural)

Questions

What does precoloring mean?: coloring in advance
Where does precoloring come from?: From pre- + coloring.

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