packings
- plural of packing.
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In geometry, he made key discoveries in the study of symmetries, sphere packings, lattices, polyhedra and tilings, including properties of quasi-periodic tilings as developed by Roger Penrose.
From Nature • May 22, 2020
His archives contain all sorts of investigations of possible packings and their properties, together with actual cardboard polyhedra, still ready to assemble:
From Scientific American • Oct. 25, 2017
Hexagonal arrangements of cells are like closest geometrical packings of disks.
From Scientific American • Oct. 25, 2017
After making physical models of tetrahedrons and demonstrating the packing patterns, she convinced Dr. Lagarias that her packings were as dense as she had said they were, and finally published her findings a year ago.
From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2010
The coil and guides must be adjusted so that the plunger does not touch the coil anywhere during a stroke, packings being placed, if necessary, under coil or guides.
From Things To Make by Williams, Archibald
