"postcompose" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "post- + compose",
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          "ref": "2022, Helmut Hofer, Alberto Abbondandolo, Urs Frauenfelder, Symplectic Geometry, page 64",
          "text": "If we postcompose the embedding ɩ with a dilation by a factor of t, the algebraic growth Γ will obviously not change but the group will be generated by loops of length λ(tɩL) = tλ (ɩL), implying that Γ_T(#P_(g1)( tɩ, T ) ) → ∞ as t→ 0.",
          "type": "quotation"
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      "glosses": [
        "To apply (an operation) after another operation has occurred."
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        "(transitive, mathematics) To apply (an operation) after another operation has occurred."
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        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
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  "word": "postcompose"
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      "word": "precompose"
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  "etymology_text": "post- + compose",
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    {
      "form": "postcomposes",
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      "form": "postcomposing",
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          "text": "If we postcompose the embedding ɩ with a dilation by a factor of t, the algebraic growth Γ will obviously not change but the group will be generated by loops of length λ(tɩL) = tλ (ɩL), implying that Γ_T(#P_(g1)( tɩ, T ) ) → ∞ as t→ 0.",
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        "(transitive, mathematics) To apply (an operation) after another operation has occurred."
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