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JORDAN CURVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Jordan curve mean?
• JORDAN CURVE (noun)
The noun JORDAN CURVE has 1 sense:
1. a closed curve that does not intersect itself
Familiarity information: JORDAN CURVE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A closed curve that does not intersect itself
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Synonyms:
Jordan curve; simple closed curve
Hypernyms ("Jordan curve" is a kind of...):
closed curve (a curve (such as a circle) having no endpoints)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Jordan curve"):
loop (anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself))
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