Spoke

Robert P. Munafo, 1998 Jan 7.


Colloquial term for a filament, specifically one of the "arms" radiating from a branch point. See also rotational symmetry.

For example, R2F(1/3B) has 3 spokes and R2F(5/8B) has 8.



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