"counit" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: counits [plural]
Etymology: From co- + unit. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|co|unit}} co- + unit Head templates: {{en-noun}} counit (plural counits)
  1. (mathematics) In an adjunction, a natural transformation from the composition of the left adjoint functor with the right adjoint functor to the identity functor of the domain of the right adjoint functor. Wikipedia link: Adjoint functors Categories (topical): Mathematics Related terms: counital

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