covariant
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]covariant (not comparable)
- (category theory, of a functor) Which preserves the order of morphism composition: formally, which associates each morphism to a morphism .
- Antonym: contravariant
- (object-oriented programming) Using or relating to covariance.
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[edit]which preserves composition
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relating to covariance
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Noun
[edit]covariant (plural covariants)
- (algebra) A bihomogeneous polynomial in x, y, ... and the coefficients of some homogeneous form in x, y, ... that is invariant under some group of linear transformations.
- (algebra) The variety defined by a covariant.
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[edit]bihomogeneous polynomial...
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variety defined by a covariant
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