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multi-start

adj

Etymology

From multi- + start.

  1. derived from *(s)ter-✻ — “to be stiff”
  2. inherited from *sturtijan✻ — “to startle, move, set in motion”
  3. inherited from styrtan — “to leap up, start”
  4. inherited from sterten — “to leap up suddenly, rush out”
  5. prefixed as multi-start — “multi + start”

Definitions

  1. Describing a multiple spiral that starts at the origin and divides the plane into…

    Describing a multiple spiral that starts at the origin and divides the plane into multiple regions

  2. Describing a construction of multiple helices that wrap around the same cylinder

    Describing a construction of multiple helices that wrap around the same cylinder; if infinite, would divide the surface of the cylinder into multiple regions

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for multi-start. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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