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disjoint union

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.48 in modern English

Syllables
dis-join-t u-nion
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A union of sets forced to be disjoint by attaching information referring to the original sets to their elements (i.e., by using indexing).

noun

A union of sets which are already pairwise disjoint.

noun

The disjoint union of the underlying sets of a given family of topological spaces, equipped with a topology.

Inflected Forms

disjoint unions (plural)

Phrases

disjoint union topology disjunctive union product topology

Frequently Paired Words

coproduct disjunctive union product topology

Synonyms

discriminated union coproduct direct sum free sum free union topological sum

Questions

What does disjoint union mean?
A union of sets forced to be disjoint by attaching information referring to the original sets to their elements (i.e., by using indexing).

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