hypergraph
noun
hypergraph is a noun meaning “A generalization of a graph, in which edges can connect any number of vertices” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled H-Y-P-E-R-G-R-A-P-H, and it appears about once in every 39 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of hypergraph is hypergraphs.
What does hypergraph mean?
noun
- 1
A generalization of a graph, in which edges can connect any number of vertices.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of hypergraph
- hypergraphs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is hypergraph?
Hypergraph appears about once in every 39 million words in written English, the 191,932nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Hypergraph in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a generalization of a graph:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | hipergrafo |
| Spanish | hipergrafo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does hypergraph come from?
From hyper- + graph.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).