"covariant" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: co- + variant Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|co|variant}} co- + variant Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} covariant (not comparable)
  1. (category theory, of a functor) Which preservess the order of morphism composition: formally, which associates each morphism f:X→Y to a morphism F(f):F(X)→F(Y). Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Category theory Translations (which preserves composition): kovariantti (Finnish), covariant (French), kovariant (German), covariante (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-covariant-en-adj-9ex~HL8G Topics: category-theory, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'which preserves composition': 93 7
  2. (object-oriented programming) Using or relating to covariance. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Object-oriented programming Translations (relating to covariance): kovariantti (Finnish), covariant (French), kovariant (German)
    Sense id: en-covariant-en-adj-2ldhsg3G Disambiguation of 'relating to covariance': 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bicovariant, covariantisation, covariantization, covariantize, covariantly, Frobenius covariant, noncovariant, supercovariant

Noun [English]

Forms: covariants [plural]
Etymology: co- + variant Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|co|variant}} co- + variant Head templates: {{en-noun}} covariant (plural covariants)
  1. (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. Categories (topical): Algebra
    Sense id: en-covariant-en-noun-fDAQljIB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with co- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 4 52 12 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with co-: 24 21 33 23 Topics: algebra, mathematics, sciences
  2. (algebra) The variety defined by a covariant. Categories (topical): Algebra
    Sense id: en-covariant-en-noun-YdUe5tjC Topics: algebra, mathematics, sciences

Inflected forms

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