Quasiregular
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Having some regular characteristics. not-comparable
- 2 That is semiregular with regular faces of precisely two types that alternate around each vertex. not-comparable
"The lattice points that lie in this plane are the vertices of the regular tessellation {3, 4} of equilateral triangles, and the other points just mentioned are the vertices of the quasiregular tessellation #92;begin#123;Bmatrix#125;3#92;#92;4#92;end#123;Bmatrix#125; of triangles and hexagons [9, p. 60]."
- 3 Such that 1 ā r is a unit (has a multiplicative inverse). not-comparable
"The element a can be uniquely represented in the form r + t, where [rt] = 0, t is nilpotent and r is a quasiregular element of G ([1]; p. 108)."
- 4 Having certain properties in common with holomorphic functions of a single complex variable. not-comparable
"Given two orientable Riemannian manifolds Vā and Vā, one may ask whether a non-constant quasiregular map š : Vā ā Vā exists."
- 5 That is the result of a required adjustment of an induced representation that would, unadjusted, give rise to (only) a quasi-invariant measure. not-comparable
"in the fundamental affine space H = G/Z is called quasiregular."
Example
More examples"The lattice points that lie in this plane are the vertices of the regular tessellation {3, 4} of equilateral triangles, and the other points just mentioned are the vertices of the quasiregular tessellation #92;begin#123;Bmatrix#125;3#92;#92;4#92;end#123;Bmatrix#125; of triangles and hexagons [9, p. 60]."
Etymology
From quasi- + regular.
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