holonomy
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Near rhyme: holonymy
Noun
[edit]holonomy (plural holonomies)
- (differential geometry) Given a smooth closed curve C on a surface M, and picking any point P on that curve, the holonomy of C in M is the angle by which some vector turns as it is parallel transported along the curve C from point P all the way around and back to point P.