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protoadditive

protoadditive adjective: having the property that the result when applied to x + y is less than or equal to the sum of the result when applied to x plus the result when applied to y, for all values x and y in the domain.

Adjective

protoadditive (not comparable)

  1. Having the property that the result when applied to x + y is less than or equal to the sum of the result when applied to x plus the result when applied to y, for all values x and y in the domain.
    • In particular the role of protoadditive functors in the study of Hopf formulae for homology is explained..2015, Tomas Everaert, Marino Gran, “Some aspects of semi-abelian homology and protoadditive functors”, in arXiv

Origin of protoadditive

From proto- + additive.

Questions about protoadditive

What does protoadditive mean?
Protoadditive means having the property that the result when applied to x + y is less than or equal to the sum of the result when applied to x plus the result when applied to y, for all values x and y in the domain.
What part of speech is protoadditive?
Protoadditive is an adjective.

Words near protoadditive in the dictionary

  1. Proto-Yeniseian
  2. Proto-Yeniseians
  3. Proto-Yukaghir
  4. protoacademic
  5. protoactinium
  6. protoadditive
  7. protoalkaloid
  8. protoalkaloids
  9. protoanalysis
  10. protoanalytical
  11. protoancestor

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