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bornology

bornology noun: a structure which generalizes the set of all bounded subsets of a topological vector space.

Noun

bornology (plural bornologies)

  1. A structure which generalizes the set of all bounded subsets of a topological vector space

Forms of bornology

pluralbornologies

Origin of bornology

From French borné (bounded) + -ology, in analogy to topology.

Questions about bornology

What does bornology mean?
Bornology means a structure which generalizes the set of all bounded subsets of a topological vector space.
What part of speech is bornology?
Bornology is a noun.
What is the plural of bornology?
The plural of bornology is bornologies.

Words near bornology in the dictionary

  1. bornless
  2. bornness
  3. Borno
  4. bornological
  5. bornologies
  6. bornology
  7. Bornou
  8. Bornouese
  9. bornous
  10. bornouses
  11. borns

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