"generic element" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: generic elements [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} generic element (plural generic elements)
  1. (category theory) The identity element of an object when thought of as a generalized element of that object. Categories (topical): Category theory

Inflected forms

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