"acoptic" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-acoptic.wav [US]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) Ancient Greek κόπτω (kóptō) English acoptic Introduced by the mathematician Branko Grünbaum to clarify terminology in the geometry of polygons and polyhedra. From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + κόπτω (kóptō, “to cut”). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|grc:ἀ-<id:un->|grc:κόπτω|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) Ancient Greek κόπτω (kóptō) English acoptic [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*ə-", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ἀ-", "lang" : "grc" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "κόπτω", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "acoptic", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="acoptic">, {{der|en|grc|-}} Ancient Greek, {{affix|grc|ἀ-|κόπτω|nocat=1|t1=not|t2=to cut}} ἀ- (a-, “not”) + κόπτω (kóptō, “to cut”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} acoptic (not comparable)
  1. (geometry, uncommon) Not self-intersecting. Wikipedia link: Branko Grünbaum, cube Tags: not-comparable, uncommon
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