"exponential object" meaning in English

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          "text": "An exponential object generalizes its interpretation in category #x5C;mathbf#x7B;Set#x7D;; namely, that of as a function set or internal hom-set.",
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          "text": "The pair Z^Y,#x5C;mbox#x7B;eval#x7D;#x3A;Z^Y#x5C;timesY#x5C;rightarrowZ is the terminal object of the comma category (-#x5C;timesY)#x5C;downarrowZ. Therefore the exponential object is a kind of universal morphism.",
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        "(category theory) An object which indexes a family of arrows between two given objects in a universal way, meaning that any other indexed family of arrows between the same given pair of objects must factor uniquely through this universally-indexed family of arrows."
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