cocktail party graph

Meaning

Noun

• A graph consisting of two rows of paired nodes in which all nodes except the paired ones are connected with straight lines; it is the complement of the ladder graph, and the dual graph of the hypercube.

Related

Similar words

• hyperoctahedral graph

Broader meaning words

• Turán graph

Origin

• So called because it can be visualised as the set of handshakes if n couples go to a party and each person shakes hands with every person except his or her partner.