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braid [brād]
(mathematics)
A braid of ordernconsists of two parallel lines, sets ofnpoints on each of the lines with a one-to-one correspondence between them, andnnonintersecting space curves, each of which connects one of thenpoints on one of the parallel lines with the corresponding point on the other; the space curves are configured so that no curve turns back on itself, in the sense that its projection on the plane of the parallel lines lies between the parallel lines and intersects any line parallel to them no more than once, and any two such projections intersect at most a finite number of times.
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It lay in a long braid on the sofa pillow, coiled like a golden serpent.
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A long black braid of hair swung with the motion of the coach; the child held her hat in one hand and with the other made ineffectual attempts to stab the driver with her microscopic sunshade.
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His blue double-breasted coat, edged with black braid, buttoned close to a red puff tie, and his patent-leather shoes looked like murder-fitted weapons.
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