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bicategory

bicategory noun: a particular construct in category theory, used to extend the notion of category to handle the cases where the composition of morphisms is not (strictly) associative, but only associative up to an isomorphism.

Noun

bicategory (plural bicategories)

  1. A particular construct in category theory, used to extend the notion of category to handle the cases where the composition of morphisms is not (strictly) associative, but only associative up to an isomorphism.

Forms of bicategory

pluralbicategories

Origin of bicategory

From bi- + category.

Questions about bicategory

What does bicategory mean?
Bicategory means a particular construct in category theory, used to extend the notion of category to handle the cases where the composition of morphisms is not (strictly) associative, but only associative up to an isomorphism.
What part of speech is bicategory?
Bicategory is a noun.
What is the plural of bicategory?
The plural of bicategory is bicategories.

Words near bicategory in the dictionary

  1. bicartesian closed category
  2. bicast
  3. bicategorical
  4. bicategories
  5. bicategorized
  6. bicategory
  7. bication
  8. bications
  9. bicaudal
  10. bicaudate
  11. bicausal

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