Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

edge contraction

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English

Syllables: edge -con-trac-tion
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An operation performed on an edge in a graph which deletes the edge, replaces its endpoints with a single new vertex, and replaces edges incident to either endpoint with an edge incident to the new vertex.

Example Sentences

"Performing an edge contraction on an edge in a path graph results in a path graph with one fewer vertex."

Inflected Forms

edge contractions (plural)

Questions

What does edge contraction mean?: An operation performed on an edge in a graph which deletes the edge, replaces its endpoints with a single new vertex, and replaces edges incident to either endpoint with an edge incident to the new vertex.

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