Dictionary

covariant en · ADJ

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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.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, of a functor) Which preserves the order of morphism composition: formally, which associates each morphism f:X→Y to a morphism F(f):F(X)→F(Y).
2. (not-comparable, qualifier:object-oriented programming) Using or relating to covariance.

Antonyms

contravariant

Deriveds

covariantly · covariantization · covariantize · Frobenius covariant · noncovariant · semicovariant · supercovariant · bicovariant · covariantisation

Translations (9)

fi kovariantti (which preserves composition) · hi सहपरिवर्ती (which preserves composition) · fr covariant (relating to covariance) · de kovariant (which preserves composition) · de kovariant (relating to covariance) · hi सहपरिवर्ती (relating to covariance) · fr covariant (which preserves composition) · pt covariante (which preserves composition) · fi kovariantti (relating to covariance)

covariant en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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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.

Meanings

1. 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.
2. The variety defined by a covariant.

Forms

Translations (2)

hi सहपरिवर्ती (bihomogeneous polynomial...) · hi सहपरिवर्ती (variety defined by a covariant)