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outedge

noun · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An outgoing edge in a digraph, i.e. one that leaves a particular node.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences

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2

verb

Meaning 2

To edge out.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, transitive

Examples

  • 1834, Georges Cuvier (baron), Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization The naked mollusca are those in which the mantle is simply membranous or fleshy: most frequently, however, it forms in its thickness one or several laminae, of a substance more or less hard, deposited in layers, and increasing in extent, as well as in thickness, because the recent layers always outedge the old ones.

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History

Etymology

From out- + edge.