pseudomonad

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noun

Any of many bacteria of the family Pseudomonadaceae, some of which are pathogenic

Scrabble 17

Meanings

pseudomonad1

nounpseudomonad (plural pseudomonads)

plural pseudomonads

  1. Any of many bacteria of the family Pseudomonadaceae, some of which are pathogenic

pseudomonad2

nounpseudomonad (plural pseudomonads)

plural pseudomonads

  1. category theoryA weak generalization of a monad on a Gray-category or 2-category (or more generally a weak 2-category) 𝒞 consists of a 2-functor (in particular, if it is a functor on a weak 2-category, it is a pseudo-functor) T:𝒞→𝒞 equipped with pseudonatural transformations μ:T²→T and η:Id→T which satisfy the monad laws up to coherent invertible modifications.

Origin

pseudomonad · noun

From pseudo- + monad; a trivialized form of the scientific name Pseudomonas.

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Translations

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APA

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Chicago

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