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cospan

cospan noun: the dual of a span.

Noun

cospan (plural cospans)

  1. The dual of a span.
    • This extra structure arises from a lax symmetric monoidal functor F#92;colon#92;mathbf#123;C#125;#92;to#92;mathbf#123;D#125;; we use this functor to "decorate" each cospan with apex N#92;in#92;mathbf#123;C#125; with an element of F(N).2016, Kenny Courser, “A bicategory of decorated cospans”, in arXiv

Forms of cospan

pluralcospans

Origin of cospan

From co- + span.

Questions about cospan

What does cospan mean?
Cospan means the dual of a span.
What part of speech is cospan?
Cospan is a noun.
What is the plural of cospan?
The plural of cospan is cospans.

Words near cospan in the dictionary

  1. cosonicating
  2. cosovereign
  3. cosovereigns
  4. cosovereignty
  5. cosp
  6. cospan
  7. cospans
  8. cospatial
  9. cospatially
  10. cospecialize
  11. cospecialized

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