"bicategory" meaning in All languages combined

See bicategory on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: bicategories [plural]
Etymology: bi- + category Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|bi|category}} bi- + category Head templates: {{en-noun}} bicategory (plural bicategories)
  1. (mathematics) A particular construct in category theory, used to extend the notion of category to handle the cases where the composition of morphisms is not (strictly) associative, but only associative up to an isomorphism. Wikipedia link: bicategory Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-bicategory-en-noun-gBc~l9Bf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with bi- Topics: mathematics, sciences

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