Home › Words › K › knotoidknotoidknotoid means A form of knot diagram whose underlying curve is a segment rather than a circle.EtymologyFrom knot + -oid, introduced in a paper by Vladimir Turaev.nounA form of knot diagram whose underlying curve is a segment rather than a circle.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.knotwork 62% match — A design or pattern of interlocking or overlapping geometric shapes resembling a knot vs knotoid →nodated 58% match — knotted vs knotoid →knot 57% match — A looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its loops. vs knotoid →endknot 57% match — A knot, at the end of a rope, used to stop it fraying, as a handhold, or as decoration. vs knotoid →legendrian 56% match — Of or pertaining to Adrien-Marie Legendre (1752–1833), French mathematician. vs knotoid →knottedness 56% match — The condition of being knotted vs knotoid →nodiform 55% match — Shaped like a knot or knob. vs knotoid →knotted 55% match — Full of knots; knotty. vs knotoid →