unknot
Free from snarls
To unknot is to undo a knot, releasing what was tied or tangled: She unknotted the rope.
The word extends to releasing tension: He felt his shoulders unknot as the stress faded.
As a noun in mathematics, an unknot is a closed loop that can be untangled into a simple circle without cutting—the trivial knot.
Undo knots or confusion
- unravelSeparate intertwined strands
- loosenReduce tension or grip
- unfastenRelease from attachment
- unwindRelease accumulated tension
unbraid · unlace · unweave · untwist · straighten · disentangle · detach · separate
Separate intertwined strands
- resolveFirmness of purpose
- clarifyMake something understandable
- simplifyMake less complex
- decipherConvert code to plaintext
unriddle · crack · demystify · untangle · decode · explain · elucidate
Study of spatial arrangement
- invariantsQuantities that remain unchanged
- trefoilThree-lobed decorative motif
untangle
Undo knots or confusion
unwind · unbraid · unlace · unweave · untwist · straighten · disentangle · detach · separate · unstrap
release
To let go
unclench · destress · soothe · unbind · unburden · calm · decompress · unwind · free · defuse
unravel
Separate intertwined strands
decipher · unriddle · crack · demystify · untangle · decode · explain · elucidate
topology
Study of spatial arrangement
- invariantsQuantities that remain unchanged
- trefoilThree-lobed decorative motif
- unfasteningunfasten, detach, disconnect, unbuckle, unbutton
- Knot Theorylink, linking number, braid, genus, writhe
- coming apartunravel, fraying, falling apart, coming undone, disintegration
- topologymanifolds, compactness, neighborhoods, torus, connectedness