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Definition 2025

knot_theory

knot theory

English

A figure-eight knot.

Noun

knot theory ‎(uncountable)

(mathematics) A branch of topology dealing with knots.

Translations

branch of topology

Danish: knudeteori c
Dutch: knopentheorie f
Finnish: solmuteoria
French: théorie des nœuds f
German: Knotentheorie f
Hungarian: csomóelmélet
Icelandic: hnútafræði f

Italian: teoria dei nodi f
Japanese: 結び目理論
Korean: 매듭 이론 ‎(maedeub i-ron)
Portuguese: teoria dos nós f
Russian: тео́рия узло́в f ‎(teórija uzlóv)
Spanish: teoría de nudos f
Swedish: knutteori c