Braid
To braid is to interweave or twine three or more separate strands of one or more materials in a diagonally overlapping pattern. This generally creates a strand or rope that is larger and stronger than the strands would have been separately. As a verb, the term also refers to styling one's hair by such braiding, or a more metaphorical braiding such as He braided the many different ideas into a new whole.As a noun, braid refers to any object created by such weaving, particularly if it remains in a strand or rope-like configuration.
In fiber optics, braid is a sheath made of braided strands of metal placed around a fiber optic cable for grounding purposes.
Braids are also mathematical objects that are being studied in Braid theory[?], a special field of Knot theory.
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V. repeat, iterate, reiterate, reproduce, echo, reecho, drum, harp
recur, revert, return, reappear, recurse [Comp]; renew &c. (restore)
rehearse; do over again, say over again; ring the changes on; harp on
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recurrent, recurring; ever recurring, thick coming; frequent, incessant;
monotonous, harping, iterative, recursive [Math, Comp], unvaried;
above-said; habitual &c. 613; another.
ding-dong, ditto, encore, de novo, bis[obs3], da capo[It].
[Comp]; many times over; time and again, time after time; year after year;
full many a time; frequently &c. 136.
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prius [Lat][Terence].
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Adj. infinite; immense; numberless, countless, sumless[obs3],
inexhaustible, interminable, unfathomable, unapproachable; exhaustless,
incomprehensible; limitless, endless, boundless, termless[obs3]; untold,
&c. 112.
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109; snap.
intervention, intermission, intermittence, interregnum, interlude; respite.
moment, &c. (instant) 113.
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V. continue last endure, go on, remain, persist; intervene; elapse &c.
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