"nonacoptic" meaning in English

See nonacoptic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From non- + acoptic, introduced by the mathematician Branko Grünbaum to clarify terminology in the geometry of polygons and polyhedra. Initially he used the term coptic, but abandoned it in favor of nonacoptic in later writings. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|non|acoptic}} non- + acoptic Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} nonacoptic (not comparable)
  1. (geometry, uncommon) Self-intersecting. Wikipedia link: Branko Grünbaum, small stellated dodecahedron Tags: not-comparable, uncommon Categories (topical): Geometry
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