vielbein

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noun

A polyad (generalization of vierbein)

OriginGerman viele →
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Meanings

nounvielbein (plural vielbeins)

plural vielbeins

  1. A polyad (generalization of vierbein)

    This vielbein takes the role of the twist in conventional generalized Scherk-Schwarz compactifications.

    2015, Pascal du Bosque, Falk Hassler, Dieter Lust, “Flux Formulation of DFT on Group Manifolds and Generalized Scherk-Schwarz Compactifications”, in arXiv

Origin

  1. Germanviele“many”
  2. Englishvielbein

Equivalent to German viele (“many”) + Beine (“legs”).

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APA

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

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

Chicago

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

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