Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coset

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English

Syllables
coset
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The set that results from applying a group's binary operation with a given fixed element of the group on each element of a given subgroup.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From co- + set; apparently first used 1910 by American mathematician George Abram Miller.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Derived Forms

multicoset supercoset

Phrases

double coset left coset right coset

Questions

What does coset mean?
The set that results from applying a group's binary operation with a given fixed element of the group on each element of a given subgroup.
Where does coset come from?
From co- + set; apparently first used 1910 by American mathematician George Abram Miller.

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