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submanifold

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables
sub-man-i-fold
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A manifold which is a subset of another, so that the inclusion function is an embedding or, sometimes, an immersion.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English manifold English submanifold From sub- + manifold.

Inflected Forms

submanifolds (plural)

Questions

What does submanifold mean?
A manifold which is a subset of another, so that the inclusion function is an embedding or, sometimes, an immersion.
Where does submanifold come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English manifold English submanifold From sub- + manifold.

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