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monoidoid

monoidoid noun: a category.

Noun

monoidoid (plural monoidoids)

  1. (humorous) A category.

Forms of monoidoid

pluralmonoidoids

Origin of monoidoid

monoid + -oid. A monoid can be viewed as a one-object category, so that a category can be viewed as the horizontal categorification of a monoid, but this almost-circular definition is mostly used as a joke, often associated with a view of category theory as overly abstract nonsense.

Questions about monoidoid

What does monoidoid mean?
Monoidoid means a category.
What part of speech is monoidoid?
Monoidoid is a noun.
What is the plural of monoidoid?
The plural of monoidoid is monoidoids.

Words near monoidoid in the dictionary

  1. monoidally
  2. monoideic
  3. monoideism
  4. monoideistic
  5. monoideological
  6. monoidoid
  7. monoidoids
  8. monoids
  9. monoimine
  10. monoimines
  11. monoinfected

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