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cocontinuous

cocontinuous adjective: commutative with small colimits; right-exact and transforming small direct sums into small direct sums.

Adjective

cocontinuous (not comparable)

  1. Commutative with small colimits; right-exact and transforming small direct sums into small direct sums.
  2. Blending two linear, amorphous polymers such that the phases interpenetrate.
    • Further, this structure is retained even during melt processing without loss of the interpenetrating cocontinuous structure.1986, Donald R. Paul, Leslie Howard Sperling, Multicomponent polymer materials, page 43
    • An example of cocontinuous phases in three dimensions is an air filter and the air that flows through it.1987, Herman Francis Mark, Jacqueline I. Kroschwitz, Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Engineering

Questions about cocontinuous

What does cocontinuous mean?
Cocontinuous means commutative with small colimits; right-exact and transforming small direct sums into small direct sums.
What part of speech is cocontinuous?
Cocontinuous is an adjective.

Words near cocontinuous in the dictionary

  1. coconstructs
  2. coconsul
  3. coconsuls
  4. coconsumption
  5. coconsumptions
  6. cocontinuous
  7. cocontraction
  8. cocontractions
  9. cocontractor
  10. cocontractors
  11. Coconucan

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