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polytope
English
Etymology
From German Polytop, equivalent to poly- (“many”) + -tope (“surface”). Coined by Hoppe in 1882 and introduced to English by Alicia Boole Stott.
Noun
polytope (plural polytopes)
- (geometry) A finite region of n-dimensional space bounded by hyperplanes (a geometric shape with flat sides, existing in any number of dimensions); the geometrical entity represented by the general term of the infinite sequence "point, line, polygon, polyhedron, ...".
- 1964, Victor Klee, On the Number of Vertices of a Convex Polytope, Canadian Journal of Mathematics, Volume XVI, Number 4, page 701,
- As is well known, the theory of linear inequalities is closely related to the study of convex polytopes.
- 1998, F. Pierrot, M. Benoit, P. Dauchez, SamoS: A Pythagorean Solution for Omnidirectional Underwater Vehicles, Jadran Lenar I, Manfred L. Husty (editors), Advances in Robot Kinematics: Analysis and Control, page 220,
- This polytope is mapped into a Cartesian force polytope (resp. torque polytope) in the Cartesian space. Such a polytope represents the exact force (resp. torque) that can be produced on the vehicle main body.
- 2006, Rekha R. Thomas, Lectures in Geometric Combinatorics, page 27,
- Verify the Hirsch conjecture for the 3-cube, 4-cube and any other polytope that takes your fancy.
- The Steinitz theorem is a very satisfactory understanding of the graphs of three-dimensional polytopes.
- 1964, Victor Klee, On the Number of Vertices of a Convex Polytope, Canadian Journal of Mathematics, Volume XVI, Number 4, page 701,
Related terms
- polytopic
Hyponyms
- (geometrical figure): polygon (2d figure), polyhedron (3d figure), polychoron (4d figure), hypercube (generalised cube), simplex (generalised tetrahedron), tesseract (4d cube)
Translations
References
French
Noun
polytope m (plural polytopes)
- polytope
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polytype
English
Etymology
poly- +? type
Noun
polytype (plural polytypes)
- Any of the types involved in polytypism.
- A cast, or facsimile copy, of an engraved block, matter in type, etc.
- 1825, Thomas Curson Hansard, Typographia, an Historical Sketch of the Origin and Progress of the Art of Printing
- Towards the end of the eighteenth century , Professor Wilson of Glasgow , being engaged in a series of experiments for making etchings upon glass with fluoric acid for the purposes of art , thought it possible to make polytypes of glass from engraved copperplates
- 1825, Thomas Curson Hansard, Typographia, an Historical Sketch of the Origin and Progress of the Art of Printing
- (computing theory) In the Hindley–Milner type system, a data type containing variables bound by one or more ? (for-all) quantifiers.
- Coordinate term: monotype
Verb
polytype (third-person singular simple present polytypes, present participle polytyping, simple past and past participle polytyped)
- (transitive) To produce a polytype of.
- to polytype an engraving
French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: polytypent, polytypes
Verb
polytype
- first-person singular present indicative of polytyper
- third-person singular present indicative of polytyper
- first-person singular present subjunctive of polytyper
- third-person singular present subjunctive of polytyper
- second-person singular imperative of polytyper
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