Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

closure operator

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.90 in modern English

Syllables: clo-sure -op-er-a-tor
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A function which maps any subset X of S onto another such subset (or possibly X itself) called the closure of X (thus providing a mathematical means to define closure).

Example Sentences

"1997 [Kluwer Academic], R. Friĉ, History of Sequential Convergence Spaces, C. E. Aull, R. Lowen (editors), Handbook of the History of General Topology, Volume 1, Springer, page 346, Let u be a closure operator on X satisfying the first three closure axioms: u(U∪B)=uU∪uB,A⊂u(A),u empty = empty ."

Inflected Forms

closure operators (plural)

Phrases

algebraic closure operator topological closure operator closure axiom closure space closure system

Frequently Paired Words

closure axiom closure space closure system

Synonyms

hull operator

Questions

What does closure operator mean?: A function which maps any subset X of S onto another such subset (or possibly X itself) called the closure of X (thus providing a mathematical means to define closure).

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