counit

English

noun
Definitions
  • (mathematics) In an adjunction, a natural transformation from the composition of the left adjoint functor with the right adjoint functor to the identity functor of the domain of the right adjoint functor.

Etymology

Prefix from English unit (physically large person).

Origin

English

unit

Gloss

physically large person

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