tanglegram

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noun

A kind of diagram used to compare tree diagrams.

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Meanings

nountanglegram (plural tanglegrams)

plural tanglegrams

  1. A kind of diagram used to compare tree diagrams.

    Finally, we present an application to crossing numbers of random tanglegrams.

    2016, Éva Czabarka, László A. Székely, Stephan Wagner, “Inducibility in binary trees and crossings in random tanglegrams”, in arXiv

Origin

From tangle + -gram.

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APA

tanglegram. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tanglegram

MLA

“tanglegram.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tanglegram. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tanglegram,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tanglegram.

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