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Webster 1913 Edition
Covariant
Co-va′ri-ant
(k?-v?′r?-ant)
, Noun.
(Higher Alg.)
A function involving the coefficients and the variables of a quantic, and such that when the quantic is lineally transformed the same function of the new variables and coefficients shall be equal to the old function multiplied by a factor. An invariant is a like function involving only the coefficients of the quantic.
Definition 2024
covariant
covariant
English
Adjective
covariant (not comparable)
- (category theory) (Of a functor) which preserves composition
- (object-oriented programming) Using or relating to covariance.
Translations
which preserves composition
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Noun
covariant (plural covariants)
- (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.
- (algebra) The variety defined by a covariant.
Translations
bihomogeneous polynomial...
variety defined by a covariant