Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pushout

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables: pushout
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The colimit of a pair of morphisms which share the same domain.

noun

A person who is expelled from school or who drops out because of a lack of support.

Example Sentences

"For most of these school leavers or 'pushouts', school has been an experience of progressive alienation from their traditional way of life. We prefer the term 'pushout' to 'dropout' because the former term appropriately allocates the agency for the phenomenon."

Etymology

* Deverbal from push out. * (one who leaves school): Intended to avoid the negative implications of dropout.

Inflected Forms

pushouts (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

pullback

Questions

What does pushout mean?: The colimit of a pair of morphisms which share the same domain.
Where does pushout come from?: * Deverbal from push out. * (one who leaves school): Intended to avoid the negative implications of dropout.

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