runcination

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noun

An operation in any dimension that cuts a regular polytope at its faces, its edges and its vertices, creating a new facet in place of each face, each edge and each vertex.

OriginLatin runcina →
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Meanings

nounruncination (usually uncountable, plural runcinations)

plural runcinations

  1. uncountableusuallygeometryAn operation in any dimension that cuts a regular polytope at its faces, its edges and its vertices, creating a new facet in place of each face, each edge and each vertex.

Origin

  1. Latinruncina
  2. Englishruncination

From Latin runcina + -ation.

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APA

runcination. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/runcination

MLA

“runcination.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/runcination. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “runcination,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/runcination.

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