Morphism

Quick meaning: Morphism is a noun meaning (biology) Being or having distinct variants of a plant or animal species in the same locale; polymorphism.

Meaning

(biology) Being or having distinct variants of a plant or animal species in the same locale; polymorphism.

More Meanings

1. (mathematics, category theory) (formally) An arrow in a category; (less formally) an abstraction that generalises a map from one mathematical object to another and is structure-preserving in a way that depends on the branch of mathematics from which it arises.

Example Sentences

The proof of toroidalization of morphisms of 3-folds to surfaces in [C3] breaks up into two parts: a reduction to prepared morphisms and then a proof of toroidalization of prepared morphisms from n-folds to [surfaces] in [CK].

Briefly, the yellow morphic males can change their status from paired to satellite and from satellite to the paired one. However, they cannot cross into the status of the red morph.[…] The colour morphism of males is proved to be irreversible after its expression at an early stage of ontogeny.

Word Forms

• morphisms

Synonyms for morphism

Depending on context, synonyms include arrow, map.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include injective, comorphism, functor, multicategory, monomorphism, epimorphism.

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