fatgraph

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English

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Etymology

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From fat +‎ graph.

Noun

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fatgraph (plural fatgraphs)

  1. A combinatorial object representing the geometry of a protein.
    • 2016, Fenix W.D. Huang, Christian M. Reidys, “Topological language for RNA”, in arXiv[1]:
      We represent pk-structures as orientable fatgraphs, which naturally leads to a filtration by their topological genus.