Meanings
nounCW complex (plural CW complexes)
plural CW complexes
- mathematicsA collection of balls of various dimensions, with higher-dimensional ones mapped along their respective boundaries to lower-dimensional ones.
Synonyms: cell complex
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA collection of balls of various dimensions, with higher-dimensional ones mapped along their respective boundaries to lower-dimensional ones.
Similar
cell complex
Origin
The C stands for "closure-finite", and the W for "weak topology".
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish CW-kompleksi
- CW-kompleksicollection of balls of various dimensions
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