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permutohedron

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
per-mu-to-he-dron
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A polytope with n-1 dimensions that is embedded in an n-dimensional space, its vertices formed by permuting the coordinates of the vector (1, 2, 3, ..., n).

Etymology

Etymology tree English permute Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English -hedron English permutohedron From permute + -o- + -hedron.

Inflected Forms

permutohedra (plural) permutahedron (alternative)

Questions

What does permutohedron mean?
A polytope with n-1 dimensions that is embedded in an n-dimensional space, its vertices formed by permuting the coordinates of the vector (1, 2, 3, ..., n).
Where does permutohedron come from?
Etymology tree English permute Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English -hedron English permutohedron From permute + -o- + -hedron.

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