Sinthome

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A sinthome is the Reuleaux triangle figure found in the center of a Borromean knot.^{[citation needed]}

In Jacques Lacan's theory of psychology, each of the rings composing a Borromean knot represent the real, the imaginary, and the symbolic. The core of a person's psyche can be found when these three rings overlap in the sinthome.