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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The measure or degree to which a knot is complicated, i.e., a knot's complexity; the number of times that it is necessary to pass one part of the curve of the knot projected upon a plane through another in order to untie the knot. uncountable

Etymology

From beknotted + -ness.

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