cap off

verb

Definitions

  1. To finish by making one last addition.

  2. To glue a relatively uncomplicated compact manifold to a manifold of the same dimension…

    To glue a relatively uncomplicated compact manifold to a manifold of the same dimension along (a component of the latter's boundary).

    • Cap off, with discs just above the annulus, any circuits that bound in the annulus; then use annuli to cap off adjacent pairs of curves that encircle the annulus in opposite directions.

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