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semigroups

semigroups is the plural of semigroup.

Meaning of semigroup

Noun

semigroup (plural semigroups)

  1. Any set for which there is a binary operation that is closed and associative.
    • If a semigroup S contains a zeroid, then every left zeroid is also a right zeroid, and vice versa, and the set K of all the zeroids of S is the kernel of S.1961, Alfred Hoblitzelle Clifford, G. B. Preston, The Algebraic Theory of Semigroups, page 70

Phrases with semigroups

Questions about semigroups

What is semigroups the plural of?
Semigroups is the plural of semigroup.

Words near semigroups in the dictionary

  1. semigroup
  2. semigroup homomorphism
  3. semigroup homomorphisms
  4. semigroupoid
  5. semigroupoids
  6. semigroups
  7. semihabitable
  8. semihallucinatory
  9. semihallucinogenic
  10. semihanging
  11. semihappy

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