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decategorification

decategorification noun: the reverse process of categorification: The mapping of a category theoretic category to a set by using a systematic process in which isomorphic objects in a category are identified as equal.

Noun

decategorification (countable and uncountable, plural decategorifications)

  1. The reverse process of categorification: The mapping of a category theoretic category to a set by using a systematic process in which isomorphic objects in a category are identified as equal.
    • For the n-levels systems approach we may associate categorification with increasing the level and decategorification with decreasing the level of complexity.2013, Octavian Iordache, Polytope Projects, →ISBN, page 6

Forms of decategorification

pluraldecategorifications

Origin of decategorification

From de- + categorification.

Questions about decategorification

What does decategorification mean?
Decategorification means the reverse process of categorification: The mapping of a category theoretic category to a set by using a systematic process in which isomorphic objects in a category are identified as equal.
What part of speech is decategorification?
Decategorification is a noun.
What is the plural of decategorification?
The plural of decategorification is decategorifications.

Words near decategorification in the dictionary

  1. decategorialization
  2. decategorialize
  3. decategorialized
  4. decategorializes
  5. decategorializing
  6. decategorification
  7. decategorifications
  8. decategorified
  9. decategorisation
  10. decategorisations
  11. decategorise

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