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initial objects

initial objects is the plural of initial object.

Meaning of initial object

Noun

initial object (plural initial objects)

  1. An object within a category which sends out arrows to all other objects in that category, and such that each of these arrows is unique.
    • In the category of sets, the initial object is the empty set, since there exists a unique function, namely the empty function, from the empty set into any other given set.

Questions about initial objects

What is initial objects the plural of?
Initial objects is the plural of initial object.

Words near initial objects in the dictionary

  1. initial coin offering
  2. initial coin offerings
  3. initial condition
  4. initial mass function
  5. initial object
  6. initial objects
  7. initial point
  8. initial points
  9. initial public offering
  10. initial public offerings
  11. initial reject

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