---
tag: TSSDG4ZSHJ
kind: concept
name: Ear
sources:
  - wikipedia: en:325802@r1373839425
    locator: Glossary of graph theory, section E
    note: adopted
    mention: wikipedia://en/325802#GJFJ
    sections: [Summary]
inventory: [39RA7S0X1G]
---

## Summary

An ear of a graph is a path whose endpoints may coincide but in which otherwise there are no repetitions of vertices or edges.