isthmus

/ˈɪs.məs/

noun

  1. 1

    A narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, and connecting two larger landmasses.

  2. 2

    Any such narrow part connecting two larger structures.

  3. 3

    An edge in a graph whose deletion increases the number of connected components of the graph.

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