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runcination

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An operation in any dimension that cuts a regular polytope at its faces, its edges and its vertices, creating a new facet in place of each face, each edge and each vertex.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

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Broader terms: rectification

History

Etymology

From Latin runcina + -ation.