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equivariant

equivariant adjective: not affected by a specified group action.

Adjective

equivariant (not comparable)

  1. Not affected by a specified group action.
    • f:S→T is equivariant with respect to g,!: for every s,! in S,!, g_T,!f(s)=f(g_S,!s), where g_S,! and g_T,! are actions on different sets of the same group.

Origin of equivariant

From equi- + variant.

Words formed from equivariant

Questions about equivariant

What does equivariant mean?
Equivariant means not affected by a specified group action.
What part of speech is equivariant?
Equivariant is an adjective.

Words near equivariant in the dictionary

  1. equivalved
  2. equivalves
  3. equivalvular
  4. equivariance
  5. equivariances
  6. equivariant
  7. equivariantization
  8. equivariantizations
  9. equivariantly
  10. equiveillance
  11. equivelar

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