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orbifold

noun
/ˈɔɹ.bɪˌfoʊld/US/ˈɔː.bɪˌfəʊld/UK

Etymology

Blend of orbit + manifold. Named by William Thurston.

  1. inherited from *managafalþaz✻
  2. inherited from maniġfeald — “manifold, various, varied, complicated, numerous, abundant, plural”
  3. inherited from manifold
  4. compounded as orbifold — “orbit + manifold”

Definitions

  1. A topological space in which every small enough neighborhood is homeomorphic to a…

    A topological space in which every small enough neighborhood is homeomorphic to a quotient of real space by the action of a finite group.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for orbifold. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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