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multi-start

The English word “multi-start” has 2 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Describing a multiple spiral that starts at the origin and divides the plane into multiple regions
  2. Describing a construction of multiple helices that wrap around the same cylinder; if infinite, would divide the surface of the cylinder into multiple regions

Etymology

From multi- + start.

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