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Cyclotomy vs Cyclotomic - What's the difference?

cyclotomy | cyclotomic |

As a noun cyclotomy

is (medicine) surgical removal of the ciliary muscle; cyclicotomy.

As a adjective cyclotomic is

of, or relating to cyclotomy.

cyclotomy

English

Noun

(cyclotomies)
  • (medicine) surgical removal of the ciliary muscle; cyclicotomy
  • (mathematics) the historical problems of dividing the circle into a given number of equal segments, and of constructing regular polygons
  • (mathematics) the analytical extraction of the complex roots of unity; a de Moivre number

    • cyclotomic

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • of, or relating to cyclotomy
  • (mathematics) of, or relating to the complex roots of unity

    • Derived terms

    * cyclotomic equation * cyclotomic factorization * cyclotomic field * cyclotomic integer * cyclotomic invariant * cyclotomic polynomial

    See also

    * de Moivre number