English Dictionary

caterpillar tree

名詞

(graph theory) A tree consisting of only a path (the spine or stalk of the tree) and vertices directly connected to (i.e. one edge away from) that path; a tree whose vertices with a degree of at least 3 are all surrounded by at most two vertices of degree two or greater.

日本語の意味

（グラフ理論）キャタピラ木、すなわち、一本のパス（スパイン）と、そのパスに直接連結する頂点から構成される木。次数が3以上の頂点は、隣接する頂点のうち次数2以上の頂点が高々2つであるという特徴がある。

In our lecture on graph theory, the professor used a caterpillar tree to illustrate how small perturbations along a central path affect overall connectivity.

グラフ理論の講義で、教授は中心となる経路とその経路に隣接する頂点だけからなる木を用いて、骨格に沿った小さな摂動が全体の連結性にどのように影響するかを示した。

意味（1）

(graph theory) A tree consisting of only a path (the spine or stalk of the tree) and vertices directly connected to (i.e. one edge away from) that path; a tree whose vertices with a degree of at least 3 are all surrounded by at most two vertices of degree two or greater.

意味（2）

(botany) Catalpa bignonioides; the southern catalpa, a deciduous tree of family Bignoniaceae growing in Southeastern U.S., which is the host plant for the catawba worms, caterpillars that are popular fishing bait.

caterpillar trees （ plural ）