orbifold

English

Etymology

Blend of orbit +‎ manifold. Named by William Thurston.

Pronunciation

Noun

orbifold (plural orbifolds)

  1. (topology) A topological space in which every small enough neighborhood is homeomorphic to a quotient of real space by the action of a finite group.

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