# edge contraction

> operation that removes an edge from a graph and combines its endpoints into a single vertex

**Wikidata**: [Q1397646](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1397646)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_contraction)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/edge-contraction


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)