holonomy

== English == === Etymology === From holo- +‎ -nomy. === Pronunciation === Near rhyme: holonymy === Noun === holonomy (countable and uncountable, plural holonomies) (differential geometry) Given a smooth closed curve C on a surface M, and picking any point P on that curve, the holonomy of C in M is the angle by which some vector turns as it is parallel transported along the curve C from point P all the way around and back to point P. ==== Derived terms ==== anholonomy holonomic ==== See also ==== holonomicity