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overcone

overcone noun: a morphism from a diagonal overfunctor to the base category of the overcategory.

Noun

overcone (plural overcones)

  1. A morphism from a diagonal overfunctor to the base category of the overcategory.
    • In the second approach we try to find good subdivision points in an approximating overcone that is faster to compute..2016, Winfried Bruns, Richard Sieg, Christof Söger, “The subdivision of large simplicial cones in Normaliz”, in arXiv

Forms of overcone

pluralovercones

Origin of overcone

From over- + cone.

Questions about overcone

What does overcone mean?
Overcone means a morphism from a diagonal overfunctor to the base category of the overcategory.
What part of speech is overcone?
Overcone is a noun.
What is the plural of overcone?
The plural of overcone is overcones.

Words near overcone in the dictionary

  1. overcondensed
  2. overcondenses
  3. overcondensing
  4. overcondition
  5. overconditioned
  6. overcone
  7. overcones
  8. overconfidence
  9. overconfidences
  10. overconfident
  11. overconfidently

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