Glossary for combinatorics on words: Difference between revisions
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| word || abstract scale || A finite or infinite string of letters taken from an alphabet. | | word || abstract scale || A finite or infinite string of letters taken from an alphabet. | ||
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| circular word || [[periodic scale]] || An equivalence class of words that are | | conjugate || equivalent under modal rotation || | ||
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| circular word || [[periodic scale]] || An equivalence class of words that are conjugate, or equivalently, an infinite periodic word. | |||
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| factor, subword || || ''u'' is a ''factor'' of ''w'' if ''w = yuv'' for words ''y'' and ''v''. | | factor, subword || || ''u'' is a ''factor'' of ''w'' if ''w = yuv'' for words ''y'' and ''v''. | ||