"functorial" meaning in English

See functorial in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more functorial [comparative], most functorial [superlative]
Etymology: From functor + -ial. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|functor|ial}} functor + -ial Head templates: {{en-adj}} functorial (comparative more functorial, superlative most functorial)
  1. (category theory, of a mathematical construction) Able to be described as a functor. Derived forms: functoriality, functorially Translations (category theory: pertaining to a functor): náttúrlegur [masculine] (Icelandic), varpa- (Icelandic), funtorial (Portuguese)
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