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ˈknotfulness Geom. [f. *knotful (knot n.1 + -ful) + -ness.] The number of knots of less knottiness of which a more complex knot is made up: see knot n.1 9.
1877Tait Knots in Trans. R. Soc. Edin. (1879) XXVIII. i. 177 The term Beknottedness will be used to signify the peculiar property in which knots, even when of the same order of knottiness, may thus differ... Another property, which may be called Knotfulness—to indicate the number of knots of lower orders (whether interlinked or not) of which a given knot is in many cases built up. 1885Ibid. (1887) XXXII. iii. 504 This is a difficulty of a very formidable order. It depends upon the property which I have called knotfulness. |