lacet
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lacet m (plural lacets)
- lace (of boot, shoe)
- knot on a rope, especially for trapping small animals
- (figuratively) trap, ambush
- bend, twist (of a road), a switchback
- yaw (rotation about the vertical axis)
- loop in homotopy theory
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “lacet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.