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universal properties

universal properties is the plural of universal property.

Meaning of universal property

Noun

universal property (plural universal properties)

  1. The property of there being a unique morphism from an arbitrary object to the universal morphism of a comma category which is from a functor to a fixed object; or, dually, the property of there being a unique morphism from the universal morphism to an arbitrary object of a comma category which is from a fixed object to a functor. (Caveat: the uniqueness is up to isomorphism.)

Questions about universal properties

What is universal properties the plural of?
Universal properties is the plural of universal property.

Words near universal properties in the dictionary

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