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covariant

covariant adjective: which preserves the order of morphism composition: formally, which associates each morphism f:X→Y to a morphism F(f):F(X)→F(Y).

Adjective

covariant (not comparable)

  1. Which preserves the order of morphism composition: formally, which associates each morphism f:X→Y to a morphism F(f):F(X)→F(Y).
    Antonyms:
    contravariant
  2. (object-oriented programming) Using or relating to covariance.

Noun

covariant (plural covariants)

  1. A bihomogeneous polynomial in x, y, ... and the coefficients of some homogeneous form in x, y, ... that is invariant under some group of linear transformations.
  2. The variety defined by a covariant.

covariant meaning in Hindi and Tamil

covariant in Hindi

which preserves composition
सहपरिवर्ती sahaprivartī
relating to covariance
सहपरिवर्ती sahaprivartī
bihomogeneous polynomial...
सहपरिवर्ती sahaprivartī
variety defined by a covariant
सहपरिवर्ती sahaprivartī

covariant in Tamil

இணைமாறலி, உடன் மாறு, உடன்மாறி

Antonyms of covariant

Forms of covariant

pluralcovariants

Origin of covariant

From co- + variant.

Words formed from covariant

Questions about covariant

What does covariant mean?
Covariant means which preserves the order of morphism composition: formally, which associates each morphism f:X→Y to a morphism F(f):F(X)→F(Y).
What is covariant in Hindi?
Covariant in Hindi is सहपरिवर्ती (sahaprivartī). See Covariant meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is covariant?
Covariant can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near covariant in the dictionary

  1. covariable
  2. covariables
  3. covariance
  4. covariances
  5. covariancy
  6. covariant
  7. covariantisation
  8. covariantisations
  9. covariantization
  10. covariantizations
  11. covariantize

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Adapted from Wiktionary: covariant (page history and authors); covariant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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