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| suffix || || ''u'' is a ''suffix'' of ''w'' if ''w = yu'' for some word ''y''. | | suffix || || ''u'' is a ''suffix'' of ''w'' if ''w = yu'' for some word ''y''. | ||
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| primitive || single-period || ''w'' is ''primitive'' if for all ''u'' and all ''m'' ≥ 2, ''u''<sup>''m''</sup> ≠ ''w''. | | primitive || single-period || ''w'' is ''primitive'' if for all ''u'' and all ''m'' ≥ 2, ''u''<sup>''m''</sup> ≠ ''w''. A circular word is primitive if one (thus any) representative word of it is primitive. | ||
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| Christoffel word || brightest mode of a periodic [[MOS scale]] || | | Christoffel word || brightest mode of a periodic [[MOS scale]] || | ||