But you can't tie two ropes together with an alpine butterfly, so it fails the "knot" test.
A knot can be used to tie ropes together, or to themselves. The alpine butterfly is a loop knot.
Fair enough
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But you can't tie two ropes together with an alpine butterfly, so it fails the "knot" test.