gammoid

English

Etymology

Named by J. H. Mason in a 1972 paper (On a Class of Matroids Arising From Paths in Graphs).

Noun

gammoid (plural gammoids)

1. (mathematics) A certain kind of matroid, describing sets of vertices that can be reached by vertex-disjoint paths in a directed graph.

Adjective

gammoid (comparative more gammoid, superlative most gammoid)

1. Shaped like a gamma.