coproduct
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English
Etymology
Noun
coproduct (plural coproducts)
- Any of multiple products that are produced at the same time, or by the same process
- (mathematics) The colimit of two (or more) objects, without regard to any morphisms between them.
- Hyponyms: disjoint union, direct sum, free product, wedge sum
- Meronym: inclusion
- 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.
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Translations
any of multiple products produced at the same time
mathematical structure
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