Cocontinuous
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Cocontinuous is an adjective meaning (mathematics, of a functor) Commutative with small colimits; right-exact and transforming small direct sums into small direct sums.
Meaning
(mathematics, of a functor) Commutative with small colimits; right-exact and transforming small direct sums into small direct sums.
More Meanings
- (organic chemistry) Blending two linear, amorphous polymers such that the phases interpenetrate.
Example Sentences
An example of cocontinuous phases in three dimensions is an air filter and the air that flows through it.
Further, this structure is retained even during melt processing without loss of the interpenetrating cocontinuous structure.
Chapter 4 relates photomicrographs of thermoplastics/thermoplastics, thermoplastics/thermosets, and some selected thermoplastic vulcanizates in which the phase morphology is not particularly cocontinuous.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cocomplete, continuous, cocommutative, commutative, covariant, complete.
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