"horizontal categorification" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: horizontal categorifications [plural]
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  1. (category theory) The process by which an algebraic structure is first categorified, realising it as a one-object category with certain properties, and then categories with those properties (and any number of objects) are studied; also, the result of this process. Synonyms: oidification Related terms: -oid
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