postcompose

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verb

To apply (an operation) after another operation has occurred.

Opposite
precompose
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Meanings

verbpostcompose (third-person singular simple present postcomposes, present participle postcomposing, simple past and past participle postcomposed)

present singular third person postcomposes · participle present postcomposing · participle past postcomposed · past postcomposed

  1. transitivemathematicsTo apply (an operation) after another operation has occurred.

    If we postcompose the embedding ɩ with a dilation by a factor of t, the algebraic growth Γ will obviously not change but the group will be generated by loops of length λ(tɩL) = tλ (ɩL), implying that Γ_T(#P_(g1)( tɩ, T ) ) → ∞ as t→ 0.

    2022, Helmut Hofer, Alberto Abbondandolo, Urs Frauenfelder, Symplectic Geometry, page 64

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
precompose

Origin

From post- + compose.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postcompose,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postcompose.

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