Kissing number

Noun

Definitions

1.NounFor a given space, the maximum number of non-overlapping unit spheres that can be arranged in that space such that they each touch a common unit sphere.

Synonyms

leech lattice newton number sphere packing cake number stirling number of the second kind clique number covering number motzkin number crossing number sierpinski number k-cell pancake number

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