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counion

counion noun: the join or union of all sets that meet a specified condition.

Noun

counion (plural counions)

  1. The join or union of all sets that meet a specified condition.
    • the left adjoint […] preserves direct factors, their cointersections, their complements and thus their counions1986, Yves Diers, Categories of Boolean sheaves of simple algebras
  2. (attributive) Others in a trade union.
    • After weeks of fruitless negotiations, Bollinger and his counion members went out on strike, demanding a pay boost.1977, McKee Fisk, Norbert J. Mietus, Applied Business Law
  3. Communion.
    • Counion with Him is His desire, not a robotic family who is programmed or shows up out of duty or obligation.2015, Rhonda Ambrose, Beyond the Door, →ISBN
  4. The act or result of joining or merging; union.
    • Yet this crucial break did not become an environmental threat until the counion of science and technology in the nineteenth century.2001, Hans-Dirk van Hoogstraten, Deep Economy: Caring for Ecology, Humanity and Religion, →ISBN, page 62

Forms of counion

pluralcounions

Origin of counion

From co- + union.

Questions about counion

What does counion mean?
Counion means the join or union of all sets that meet a specified condition.
What part of speech is counion?
Counion is a noun.
What is the plural of counion?
The plural of counion is counions.

Words near counion in the dictionary

  1. Cound
  2. Coundon
  3. Counihan
  4. Counihans
  5. counimodular
  6. counion
  7. counions
  8. counit
  9. counital
  10. counitary
  11. counite

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