Covariant
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Covariant is an adjective meaning (object-oriented programming) Using or relating to covariance.
Meaning
(object-oriented programming) Using or relating to covariance.
More Meanings
- (algebra) The variety defined by a covariant.
- (category theory, 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).
- (algebra) 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.
Word Forms
- covariants
Antonyms for covariant
Common opposites include contravariant.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bilinear, contravariant, subcanonical, supercovariant, commutative, cocontinuous.
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