"edge cover" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: edge covers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} edge cover (plural edge covers)
  1. (graph theory) A set of edges which touch all the vertices of a graph. Categories (topical): Graph theory Related terms: edge covering number, vertex cover
    Sense id: en-edge_cover-en-noun-JoTSkFyl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences

Inflected forms

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