"thrackle" meaning in All languages combined

See thrackle on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: thrackles [plural]
Etymology: Scots term for a fouled fishing line, which Conway heard when visiting Scotland. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|sco|-}} Scots Head templates: {{en-noun}} thrackle (plural thrackles)
  1. (graph theory) An embedding of a graph in the plane, such that each edge is a Jordan arc and every pair of edges meet once. Wikipedia link: thrackle Categories (topical): Graph theory
    Sense id: en-thrackle-en-noun-uQB0L-Ds Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences

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