Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dehn surgery

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables: dehn -surgery
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The removal of a solid torus from a 3-dimensional manifold, followed by its being replaced via a homeomorphism of its boundary.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The same, but with the manifold in question being the 3-dimensional sphere.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Named after Max Dehn.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Dehn surgeries (plural)

Questions

What does dehn surgery mean?: The removal of a solid torus from a 3-dimensional manifold, followed by its being replaced via a homeomorphism of its boundary.
Where does dehn surgery come from?: Named after Max Dehn.

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