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left exact

left exact adjective: such that it preserves monomorphisms.

Adjective

left exact (not comparable)

  1. (homological algebra) Such that it preserves monomorphisms.

Questions about left exact

What does left exact mean?
Left exact means such that it preserves monomorphisms.
What part of speech is left exact?
Left exact is an adjective.

Words near left exact in the dictionary

  1. left cosets
  2. left eigenvalue
  3. left eigenvalues
  4. left eigenvector
  5. left eigenvectors
  6. left exact
  7. left face
  8. left faces
  9. left field
  10. left fielder
  11. left fielders

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