Graph Face

A graph face is a connected region of the complement of a graph embedding in a surface. For a planar embedding, the graph faces are the regions into which the embedding divides the plane, including the unbounded exterior face.

See also

Cellular Embedding, Face, Graph Edge, Graph Embedding, Graph Vertex, Planar Embedding, Surface

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Graph Face." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/GraphFace.html

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