The maximum number of edge-disjoint cyclicsubgraphs of a graph G whose union is G.
Origin
an- + arboricity. Coined by Ronald C. Read; the etymologically inaccurate Greek prefix an- was chosen to achieve a pun on the name of Ann Arbor, where the University of Michigan is based.
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