A tool that uses leverage to crack the shells of nuts.

plural of Lax pair

(mathematics) In the theory of integrable systems, a pair of time-dependent matrices or operators that satisfy a corresponding differential equation, called the Lax equation.

plural of surrogate pair

(computing, Unicode) The UTF-16 representation of a supplementary character, using one high surrogate and one low surrogate to encode the 20-bit offset above U+FFFF of the supplementary character's code point.

present participle of pair off

plural of pairing time

(mathematics) A process to uniquely encode two natural numbers into a single natural number.

(zoology) A time when birds or other animals bond or mate.

simple past tense and past participle of pair off