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subsheaf

subsheaf noun: a subset of a sheaf.

Noun

subsheaf (plural subsheaves)

  1. A subset of a sheaf
    • We classify all tilting sheaves which have a non-coherent torsion subsheaf.2015, Lidia Angeleri Hügel, Dirk Kussin, “Large tilting sheaves over weighted noncommutative regular projective curves”, in arXiv

Forms of subsheaf

pluralsubsheaves

Origin of subsheaf

From sub- + sheaf.

Questions about subsheaf

What does subsheaf mean?
Subsheaf means a subset of a sheaf.
What part of speech is subsheaf?
Subsheaf is a noun.
What is the plural of subsheaf?
The plural of subsheaf is subsheaves.

Words near subsheaf in the dictionary

  1. subsexual
  2. subshaft
  3. subshafts
  4. subshape
  5. subshapes
  6. subsheaf
  7. subsheath
  8. subsheaths
  9. subshell
  10. subshells
  11. subsheriff

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