graph vs lap

graph

noun
  • A set of vertices (or nodes) connected together by edges; (formally) an ordered pair of sets (V,E), where the elements of V are called vertices or nodes and E is a set of pairs (called edges) of elements of V. See also Graph (discrete mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 

  • A topological space which represents some graph (ordered pair of sets) and which is constructed by representing the vertices as points and the edges as copies of the real interval [0,1] (where, for any given edge, 0 and 1 are identified with the points representing the two vertices) and equipping the result with a particular topology called the graph topology. 

  • A graphical unit on the token-level, the abstracted fundamental shape of a character or letter as distinct from its ductus (realization in a particular typeface or handwriting on the instance-level) and as distinct by a grapheme on the type-level by not fundamentally distinguishing meaning. 

  • A data chart (graphical representation of data) intended to illustrate the relationship between a set (or sets) of numbers (quantities, measurements or indicative numbers) and a reference set, whose elements are indexed to those of the former set(s) and may or may not be numbers. 

  • A set of points constituting a graphical representation of a real function; (formally) a set of tuples (x_1,x_2,…,x_m,y)∈ R ᵐ⁺¹, where y=f(x_1,x_2,…,x_m) for a given function f: R ᵐ→ R . See also Graph of a function on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 

  • A morphism 𝛤_f from the domain of f to the product of the domain and codomain of f, such that the first projection applied to 𝛤_f equals the identity of the domain, and the second projection applied to 𝛤_f is equal to f. 

verb
  • To draw a graph of a function. 

  • To draw a graph. 

lap

noun
  • A component that overlaps or covers any portion of itself or of an adjacent component. 

  • A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, etc. or in polishing cutlery, etc. It is usually in the form of a wheel or disk that revolves on a vertical axis. 

  • The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping. 

  • The amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat, being equal to the distance the valve must move from its mid stroke position in order to begin to open the port. Used alone, lap refers to outside lap (see below). 

  • The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron. 

  • The traversal of one length of the pool, or (less commonly) one length and back again. 

  • In card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game;—so called when they are counted in the score of the following game. 

  • One circuit around a race track. 

  • An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth. 

  • That part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another. 

  • The taking of liquid into the mouth with the tongue. 

  • A sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine. 

  • The act or process of lapping. 

  • The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered. 

  • a place of rearing and fostering 

  • The upper legs of a seated person. 

verb
  • to envelop, enfold 

  • To enfold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish. 

  • to wind around 

  • To be turned or folded; to lie partly on or over something; to overlap. 

  • To polish, e.g., a surface, until smooth. 

  • To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc. 

  • To take (liquid) into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue. 

  • To overtake a straggler in a race by completing one more whole lap than the straggler. 

  • To wash against a surface with a splashing sound; to swash. 

  • To fold; to bend and lay over or on something. 

  • To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap. 

  • to wrap around, enwrap, wrap up 

  • To place or lay (one thing) so as to overlap another. 

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