Word.ws English Dictionary

Morita equivalence

Morita equivalence noun: a certain relationship defined between algebraic rings that preserves many ring-theoretic properties.

Noun

Morita equivalence (uncountable)

  1. A certain relationship defined between algebraic rings that preserves many ring-theoretic properties.

Origin of Morita equivalence

Named after Japanese mathematician Kiiti Morita, who defined equivalence and a similar notion of duality in 1958.

Questions about Morita equivalence

What does Morita equivalence mean?
Morita equivalence means a certain relationship defined between algebraic rings that preserves many ring-theoretic properties.
What part of speech is Morita equivalence?
Morita equivalence is a noun.

Words near Morita equivalence in the dictionary

  1. Morissets
  2. Morissette
  3. Morissettes
  4. Morisyen
  5. morita
  6. Morita equivalence
  7. Morita therapy
  8. Morita-equivalent
  9. moritannic acid
  10. moritas
  11. Moritz

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Morita equivalence (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Morita equivalence.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/morita_equivalence. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.