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Vinony

isthmus

noun

  1. narrow strip of land connecting two larger regions
  2. narrow strip of tissue connecting two larger parts of an organ or structure
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɪsθ.məs/ / /ˈɪs.məs/ / /ˈɪz.məs/

noun

Etymology: Borrowing from Latin isthmus (“a strip of land between two seas”), from Ancient Greek ῐ̓σθμός (ĭsthmós, “neck, narrow passage”), possibly from εἶμῐ (eîmĭ, “to go”). Cognate to Old Norse eið (“isthmus”).

  1. A narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, and connecting two larger landmasses.
  2. Any such narrow part connecting two larger structures.
  3. An edge in a graph whose deletion increases the number of connected components of the graph.