Kakeya set

noun — 2 senses

Kakeya set

noun

Etymology Named after Japanese mathematician Sōichi Kakeya.

1

Mathematics, Sciences A set of points in Euclidean space that contains a unit line segment in every direction.

2

Mathematics, Sciences Synonym of Kakeya needle set.

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