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noun • a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned • drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas • something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares • a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters • the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise • informal terms for the mouth • a light two-wheeled carriage • a hazard on a golf course verb • place in a confining or embarrassing position • catch in or as if in a trap • hold or catch as if in a trap • to hold fast or prevent from moving • to sell marijuana on a street corner | ||||
| 29% | 13 | A pattern in which the solution to a problem creates another problem, leading back to the original problem | ||
noun • one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first • an argument that assumes that which is to be proved | ||||
| 20% | 15 | Method in complexity theory to show that a problem is at least as hard as another problem | ||
noun • changing a square matrix to diagonal form (with all non-zero elements on the principal diagonal) | ||||
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