Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polygon-circle graph

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.99 in modern English

Syllables: poly-gon--cir-cle -graph
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A graph (set of connected points) in which each vertex corresponds to a convex polygon circumscribed in a common circle, and in which (graph) vertices are adjacent iff their corresponding polygons intersect geometrically.

Example Sentences

"A common generalization of these two [circle graphs and circular arc graphs] are polygon-circle graphs, intersection graphs of convex polygons inscribed to the circle. This class was first suggested by M. Fellows [personal communication with the first author] in 1988, when it was pointed out that this class of graphs is closed under taking induced minors."

Inflected Forms

polygon-circle graphs (plural)

Questions

What does polygon-circle graph mean?: A graph (set of connected points) in which each vertex corresponds to a convex polygon circumscribed in a common circle, and in which (graph) vertices are adjacent iff their corresponding polygons intersect geometrically.

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