matroid

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Synonyms: mattoid, metroid

Antonyms: mattoid, metroid

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|combinatorics}} A [[structure]] that captures the essence of a notion of "[[independence]]" that generalizes [[linear independence]] in [[vector space]]s and [[acyclicality]] in [[graph]]s.

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