"semidirect product" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: semidirect products [plural]
Etymology: Refers to the fact that the criteria are less strict than for the direct product; compare semidirect. Etymology templates: {{m|en|direct product}} direct product, {{m|en|semidirect}} semidirect Head templates: {{en-noun}} semidirect product (plural semidirect products)
  1. (group theory) A generalisation of direct product such that, in one of two equivalent definitions, only one of the subgroups involved is required to be a normal subgroup. Wikipedia link: semidirect product Categories (topical): Group theory Derived forms: inner semidirect product, outer semidirect product
    Sense id: en-semidirect_product-en-noun-CqZRJUGG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: group-theory, mathematics, sciences

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