counion

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noun

The join or union of all sets that meet a specified condition.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

nouncounion (plural counions)

plural counions

  1. mathematicsThe join or union of all sets that meet a specified condition.

    the left adjoint […] preserves direct factors, their cointersections, their complements and thus their counions

    1986, Yves Diers, Categories of Boolean sheaves of simple algebras
  2. attributiveOthers in a trade union.

    After weeks of fruitless negotiations, Bollinger and his counion members went out on strike, demanding a pay boost.

    1977, McKee Fisk, Norbert J. Mietus, Applied Business Law
  3. ChristianityCommunion.

    Counion with Him is His desire, not a robotic family who is programmed or shows up out of duty or obligation.

    2015, Rhonda Ambrose, Beyond the Door, →ISBN
  4. The act or result of joining or merging; union.

    Yet this crucial break did not become an environmental threat until the counion of science and technology in the nineteenth century.

    2001, Hans-Dirk van Hoogstraten, Deep Economy: Caring for Ecology, Humanity and Religion, →ISBN, page 62

Origin

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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