"equivalence of categories" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: equivalences of categories [plural]
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  1. (category theory) An adjunction whose unit and counit are both natural isomorphisms. Wikipedia link: equivalence of categories Categories (topical): Category theory Hypernyms: adjunction
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