contravariant

contravariant

English

Adjective

contravariant (not comparable)

1. (category theory, of a functor) which reverses composition
2. (object-oriented programming) Using or relating to contravariance.

Translations

which reverses composition

French: contravariant (fr) Portuguese: contravariante

Romanian: contravariant m Swedish: kontravariant

relating to contravariance

French: contravariant (fr)

Noun

contravariant (plural contravariants)

1. (algebra) A bihomogeneous polynomial in dual variables of x, y, ... and the coefficients of some homogeneous form in x, y, ... that is invariant under some group of linear transformations.

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