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  • noun mathematics A certain generalization of a manifold, capable of containing conical singularities.

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  • (The conifold transition, for example, is no easy reading and only the most advanced physics fans and non-string-theorists get a correct idea how the Chapter 13 of TEU works, for example.)

    From the Sublime to the Ridiculous cjohnson 2005

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