cocategory

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noun

The dual of a category.

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Meanings

nouncocategory (plural cocategories)

plural cocategories

  1. mathematicsThe dual of a category.

    Among the new results there is the existence of a closed monoidal structure on the category of cocomplete augmented cocategories over a ground field k.

    2007, American Mathematical Society, Mathematical Reviews

Origin

From co- + category.

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APA

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