"cohomology" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cohomologies [plural]
Etymology: co- + homology Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|co|homology}} co- + homology Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cohomology (countable and uncountable, plural cohomologies)
  1. (mathematics) A method of contravariantly associating a family of invariant quotient groups to each algebraic or geometric object of a category, including categories of geometric and algebraic objects. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (theory): 上同调 (shàngtóngdiào) (Chinese Mandarin), kohomologia (Finnish), Kohomologie [feminine] (German), cohomologia [feminine] (Portuguese), cohomología [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-cohomology-en-noun-TKQSf~Kr Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'theory': 100 0
  2. (mathematics) A system of quotient groups associated to a topological space. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (system): 上同调 (shàngtóngdiào) (Chinese Mandarin), kohomologia (Finnish), cohomología [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-cohomology-en-noun-p1Y2U84o Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with co-, English terms suffixed with -ology Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 42 58 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with co-: 42 58 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ology: 36 64 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'system': 0 100

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