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Webster 1913 Edition


Nappe

Nappe

,
Noun.
[F.
nappe
cloth, sheet. See
Napery
.]
(Geom.)
Sheet; surface; all that portion of a surface that is continuous in such a way that it is possible to pass from any one point of the portion to any other point of the portion without leaving the surface. Thus, some hyperboloids have one
nappe
, and some have two.

Definition 2024


nappé

nappé

See also: nappe

French

Verb

nappé m (feminine singular nappée, masculine plural nappés, feminine plural nappées)

  1. past participle of napper