dunce cap
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English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Dunce_cap_from_LOC_3c04163u.png/170px-Dunce_cap_from_LOC_3c04163u.png)
Alternative forms
[edit]- dunce's cap (traditionally the usual British English form)
Noun
[edit]dunce cap (plural dunce caps)
- A conical hat that a school pupil is forced to wear to indicate that he or she is a dunce.
- The topological space obtained by identifying the sides comprising the boundary of a triangle, two sides with consistent orientation and the third with the reverse orientation.
Synonyms
[edit]- (both senses): dunce hat
Translations
[edit]Conical hat
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