equivelar

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English

Etymology

From equi- +‎ velar.

Adjective

equivelar (not comparable)

  1. (mathematics, of a map) In which each face and vertex has the same number of edges
    • 2015, Dipendu Maity, Ashish Kumar Upadhyay, “On enumeration of a class of maps on Klein bottle”, in arXiv:
      Semi-equivelar maps are generalizations of equivelar maps.