"Kakeya set" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Kakeya sets [plural]
Etymology: Named after Japanese mathematician Sōichi Kakeya. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Kakeya set (plural Kakeya sets)
  1. (mathematics) A set of points in Euclidean space that contains a unit line segment in every direction. Categories (topical): Mathematics Synonyms: Besicovitch set
    Sense id: en-Kakeya_set-en-noun-EEQ7UDBj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 56 44 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 49 51 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  2. (mathematics) Synonym of Kakeya needle set Categories (topical): Mathematics Synonyms: Kakeya needle set [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-Kakeya_set-en-noun-PGGra6qD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 49 51 Topics: mathematics, sciences

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