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covariant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.17 in modern English

Syllables
co-vari-ant
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Which preserves the order of morphism composition: formally, which associates each morphism f:X→Y to a morphism F(f):F(X)→F(Y).

adj

Using or relating to covariance.

noun

A bihomogeneous polynomial in x, y, ... and the coefficients of some homogeneous form in x, y, ... that is invariant under some group of linear transformations.

noun

The variety defined by a covariant.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-lbor. English co- English variant English covariant From co- + variant.

Inflected Forms

covariants (plural)

Derived Forms

bicovariant covariantisation covariantization covariantize covariantly noncovariant semicovariant supercovariant

Phrases

Frobenius covariant

Antonyms

contravariant

Questions

What does covariant mean?
Which preserves the order of morphism composition: formally, which associates each morphism f:X→Y to a morphism F(f):F(X)→F(Y).
Where does covariant come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-lbor. English co- English variant English covariant From co- + variant.

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