B |
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| boundary | the topological limit of an element |
G |
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| gap | the measured distance or angle between two surfaces |
| geometry | the relation between elements taking into account their exact quantitative measurements |
H |
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| healing | the action of filling a gap that may exist between two adjacent surfaces |
J |
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| join | the topological operation in which adjacent surfaces can be assembled to make up one element |
M |
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| Connection distance | the distance between two adjacent edges and beyond which gaps can be defined as holes |
S |
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| smoothing | the action of correcting the geometry of edges |
T |
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| topology | the relation between elements abstracted from exact quantitative measurements |