"morphism" meaning in English

See morphism in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-morphism.wav Forms: morphisms [plural]
Etymology: Generalised from isomorphism, etc. Head templates: {{en-noun}} morphism (plural morphisms)
  1. (mathematics, category theory) (formally) An arrow in a category; (less formally) an abstraction that generalises a map from one mathematical object to another and is structure-preserving in a way that depends on the branch of mathematics from which it arises. Categories (topical): Category theory, Functions, Mathematics, Algebra, Topology Translations (arrow): морфизм (morfizm) (Bashkir), 態射 (Chinese Mandarin), 态射 (tàishè) (Chinese Mandarin), morfismus [masculine] (Czech), morfi [common-gender] (Danish), morfisme [masculine] (Dutch), morfismi (Finnish), morphisme [masculine] (French), Morphismus [masculine] (German), mótun [feminine] (Icelandic), morfismo [masculine] (Italian), 型射 (keisha) (alt: けいしゃ) (Japanese), (sha) (alt: しゃ) (Japanese), морфизм (morfizm) (Kazakh), 사상 (sasang) (alt: 寫像) (Korean), морфизм (morfizm) (Kyrgyz), morphismus [masculine] (Latin), ریخت (Persian), morfismo (Portuguese), морфизм (morfizm) (Russian), morfismo [masculine] (Spanish), морфізм (morfizm) [masculine] (Ukrainian), morffedd [masculine] (Welsh) Translations (map): morfi [common-gender] (Danish), morfisme [neuter] (Dutch), morfismi (Finnish), morfismo (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-morphism-en-noun-wswFUd2A Disambiguation of Algebra: 53 47 Disambiguation of Topology: 54 46 Topics: category-theory, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'arrow': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'map': 100 0
  2. (biology) Being or having distinct variants of a plant or animal species in the same locale; polymorphism. Categories (topical): Biology, Algebra, Logic, Mathematical analysis, Topology
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: arrow [category-theory, mathematics, computing, engineering, sciences, physical-sciences, natural-sciences], map [category-theory, mathematics, computing, engineering, sciences, physical-sciences, natural-sciences] Related terms: -morphism, bijection, function, functor, isometry, measurable function

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