Etymology

Whitehead link

Today it means: One of the most basic interlinkages of two loops; a link with one ring passing through the two lobes of a singly twisted loop. Full definition →

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Named after J. H. C. Whitehead.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.