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urelements

urelements is the plural of urelement.

Meaning of urelement

Noun

urelement (plural urelements)

  1. A mathematical object which is not a set but which can be an element of a set.
    • The introduction of urelements would seem to be a technical improvement; however, now we know that just such an extension of the notion of the admissible set led to the universal theory of computability based on the notion of definability by formulas with (in a broad sense) effective semantics.1996, Scientific Books staff (translators), Yuri L. Ershov, Definability and Computability, Scientific Books, page viii
    Synonyms:
    atom

Questions about urelements

What is urelements the plural of?
Urelements is the plural of urelement.

Words near urelements in the dictionary

  1. ureidopenicillins
  2. ureids
  3. ureilite
  4. ureilites
  5. urelement
  6. urelements
  7. uremia
  8. uremias
  9. uremic
  10. uremic frost
  11. uremigenic

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