noncontractible

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English

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Etymology

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From non- +‎ contractible.

Adjective

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noncontractible (not comparable)

  1. Not contractible.
    • 2015, Thomas McConville, “Homotopy type of intervals of the second higher Bruhat orders”, in arXiv[1]:
      For this case, we prove that the noncontractible intervals are in natural correspondence with the zonogonal tilings of a zonogon.