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Kleisli category

Kleisli category noun: a category naturally associated to any monad T, and equivalent to the category of free T-algebras.

kleisli category: a category naturally associated to any monad T, and equivalent to the category of free T-algebras
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Noun

Kleisli category (plural Kleisli categories)

  1. A category naturally associated to any monad T, and equivalent to the category of free T-algebras.

Forms of Kleisli category

pluralKleisli categories

Origin of Kleisli category

Named after the Swiss mathematician Heinrich Kleisli (1930–2011).

Questions about Kleisli category

What does Kleisli category mean?
Kleisli category means a category naturally associated to any monad T, and equivalent to the category of free T-algebras.
What part of speech is Kleisli category?
Kleisli category is a noun.
What is the plural of Kleisli category?
The plural of Kleisli category is Kleisli categories.

Words near Kleisli category in the dictionary

  1. Kleis
  2. Kleises
  3. kleisin
  4. kleisins
  5. Kleisli categories
  6. Kleisli category
  7. kleisma
  8. kleismas
  9. Kleissner
  10. Kleist
  11. Kleister

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