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| episturmian word || || An infinite word ''s'' is ''episturmian'' provided that the set of the factors of ''s'' is closed under reversal and ''s'' has at most one right (equivalently left) special factor of each length.<ref name="paquin"/> | | episturmian word || || An infinite word ''s'' is ''episturmian'' provided that the set of the factors of ''s'' is closed under reversal and ''s'' has at most one right (equivalently left) special factor of each length.<ref name="paquin"/> | ||
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| Lyndon word || lexicographically brightest mode || A word that is lexicographically first among its rotations, assuming an ordering on the letters. | | [[Lyndon word]] || lexicographically brightest mode || A word that is lexicographically first among its rotations, assuming an ordering on the letters. | ||
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| cutting word, cutting sequence || [[billiard scale]] || The word of letters given by traversing a line of a given direction, where each letter ''c''<sub>''i''</sub> is an intersection of the line with the coordinate plane ''x''<sub>''i''</sub> = ''m''<sub>''i''</sub>. | | cutting word, cutting sequence || [[billiard scale]] || The word of letters given by traversing a line of a given direction, where each letter ''c''<sub>''i''</sub> is an intersection of the line with the coordinate plane ''x''<sub>''i''</sub> = ''m''<sub>''i''</sub>. | ||