Meanings
nounzweibein (plural zweibeins)
plural zweibeins
- artsbipod
- mathematicsSynonym of dyad.
Expressed in terms of zweibein and spin-connection, non-einsteinian gravity in d = 2 resembles a gauge theory with noncompact group and with nonpolynomial self-interactions.
1992 August 31, Wolfgang Kummer, Dominik J. Schwarz, “Renormalization of R² gravity with dynamical torsion in d = 2”, in Nuclear Physics B, volume 382, number 1, →DOI, pages 171–186Synonyms: dyad
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of dyad.
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Origin
- Germanzwei“two”
- Englishzweibein
Equivalent to German zwei (“two”) + Beine (“legs”).
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