Meanings
nounWillmore energy (plural Willmore energies)
plural Willmore energies
- differential geometryA quantitative measure of how much a given surface deviates from a round sphere.
Origin
Named after the English geometer Thomas Willmore.
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Willmore energy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Willmore%20energy
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