Associations to the word «Cunningham»

Wiktionary

CUNNINGHAM, proper noun. A Scottish habitational surname from a place in Ayrshire.
CUNNINGHAM, noun. (nautical) A downhaul located at the tack of a sail used for tightening the luff.
CUNNINGHAM CHAIN, noun. (math) A certain kind of sequence of prime numbers, with applications in cryptography.
CUNNINGHAM CHAIN, noun. A Cunningham chain of the first kind of length n is a sequence of prime numbers (p1,   ...,   pn) such that for all 1   ≤   i   <   n, pi+1   =   2pi   +   1.
CUNNINGHAM CHAIN, noun. A Cunningham chain of the second kind of length n is a sequence of prime numbers (p1,...,pn) such that for all 1   ≤   i   <   n, pi+1   =   2pi   −   1.
CUNNINGHAM CHAINS, noun. Plural of Cunningham chain

Dictionary definition

CUNNINGHAM, noun. United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1922).

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras