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functoriality

functoriality noun: the quality of being functorial.

Noun

functoriality (countable and uncountable, plural functorialities)

  1. The quality of being functorial.
    • Our techniques depend on a careful investigation of the functoriality of traces in symmetric monoidal (infinity,n)-categories, which is of independent interest..2015, Marc Hoyois, Sarah Scherotzke, Nicolò Sibilla, “Higher traces, noncommutative motives, and the categorified Chern character”, in arXiv

Forms of functoriality

pluralfunctorialities

Origin of functoriality

From functorial + -ity.

Questions about functoriality

What does functoriality mean?
Functoriality means the quality of being functorial.
What part of speech is functoriality?
Functoriality is a noun.
What is the plural of functoriality?
The plural of functoriality is functorialities.

Words near functoriality in the dictionary

  1. functor
  2. functor categories
  3. functor category
  4. functorial
  5. functorialities
  6. functoriality
  7. functorially
  8. functors
  9. functs
  10. functus
  11. functus officio

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