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Generalised from isomorphism, etc.
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Today it means: (formally) An arrow in a category; (less formally) an abstraction that generalises a map from one mathematical object to another and is structure-preserving in a way that depends on the branch of mathematics from which it arises. Full definition →
Generalised from isomorphism, etc.
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