subfan

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noun

A subset of a fan (part of a tree).

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Meanings

nounsubfan (plural subfans)

plural subfans

  1. mathematicsA subset of a fan (part of a tree).

    The problem is motivated by the wish to compute tropical varieties over the p-adic numbers, which are the intersection of a subfan of a Gr\"obner fan as studied in this paper by some affine hyperplane, as shown in a forthcoming paper..

    2015, Thomas Markwig, Yue Ren, “Gröbner Fans of x-homogeneous Ideals in Rt[x]”, in arXiv

Origin

From sub- + fan.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

fansub
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APA

subfan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subfan

MLA

“subfan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subfan. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subfan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subfan.

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