"Brunnian link" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Brunnian links [plural]
Etymology: Named after Hermann Brunn, whose 1892 article Über Verkettung included examples of such links. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Brunnian link (plural Brunnian links)

Inflected forms

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        "(topology) A nontrivial link that becomes a set of trivial unlinked circles if any one component is removed. In other words, cutting any loop frees all the other loops."
      ],
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