Coproduct
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Coproduct is a noun meaning Any of multiple products that are produced at the same time, or by the same process.
Meaning
Any of multiple products that are produced at the same time, or by the same process.
More Meanings
- (mathematics) The colimit of two (or more) objects, without regard to any morphisms between them.
Example Sentences
The coproduct is a structure constructed from several similar structures, equipped with appropriate inclusion maps, which generalises the disjoint union of sets, of topological spaces and the free product of groups.
Word Forms
- coproducts
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include coproducer, co-producer, coproduction, co-production, coconsumption, by-product.
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