Plückerianadj.
/plʊˈkɪərɪən/, U.S. /plʊˈkɛriən/ Mathematics.
Of, relating to, or arising from Plücker's work in the field of geometry (see Plücker n.2).
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1880 Amer. Jrnl. Math. 3 82 Two Plückerian points belonging to the same point of inflexion.
1890 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) Plückerian equations, equations published in 1834.
1926 Amer. Jrnl. Math. 48 21 As in three-spaces, we may form the Plückerian homogenous coordinates of a line in n-space.
1988 Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 103 737 More than half a century ago Lefschetz and Zariski studied such a problem for Plückerian characters.
Compounds
Plückerian characteristic n. any of the quantities occurring in a Plücker equation, representing various characteristics of a curve.
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1890 Cent. Dict. s.v. Plückerian Plückerian characteristic, one of the quantities entering into the Plückerian equations.
1893 Amer. Math. Monthly 15 240 The Plückerian characteristics are thus made to depend on the essential nature of the singularity.
1918 Amer. Math. Monthly 25 440 The maximum number of such points possible as determined from the table of Plückerian Characteristics.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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