"crossing number" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: crossing numbers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} crossing number (plural crossing numbers)
  1. (mathematics) The minimum, taken over all planar representations of a link or graph, of the number of times it crosses itself. Wikipedia link: crossing number Categories (topical): Mathematics Derived forms: Zarankiewicz's crossing number conjecture
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