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cointersection

cointersection noun: a family of behavioural equivalences which factors through all elements of a second specified family of behavioural equivalences and for which any morphism that factors through the second family of behavioural equivalences also factors through its elements.

Noun

cointersection (plural cointersections)

  1. A family of behavioural equivalences which factors through all elements of a second specified family of behavioural equivalences and for which any morphism that factors through the second family of behavioural equivalences also factors through its elements.
    • the left adjoint […] preserves direct factors, their cointersections, their complements and thus their counions1986, Yves Diers, Categories of Boolean sheaves of simple algebras

Forms of cointersection

pluralcointersections

Origin of cointersection

From co- + intersection.

Questions about cointersection

What does cointersection mean?
Cointersection means a family of behavioural equivalences which factors through all elements of a second specified family of behavioural equivalences and for which any morphism that factors through the second family of behavioural equivalences also factors through its elements.
What part of speech is cointersection?
Cointersection is a noun.
What is the plural of cointersection?
The plural of cointersection is cointersections.

Words near cointersection in the dictionary

  1. cointernalize
  2. cointernalized
  3. cointersect
  4. cointersected
  5. cointersecting
  6. cointersection
  7. cointersections
  8. cointersects
  9. cointervention
  10. cointerventions
  11. cointoss

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