Definitions For Morphism

Noun

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

Synonyms

category theory arrow, map

Derived terms

{{der2, en, bimorphism, epimorphism, monomorphism, automorphism, diffeomorphism, homeomorphism, homomorphism, isomorphism, classifying morphism, coconstant morphism, constant morphism, diagonal morphism, identity morphism, morphism set, twist morphism, universal morphism, zero morphism}}

Translations

Bashkir: морфизм Chinese: : Mandarin: 態射, tr=tàishè Czech: morfismus, m Danish: morfi, c Dutch: morfisme, m Finnish: morfismi French: morphisme, m German: Morphismus, m Icelandic: mótun, f Italian: morfismo, m Japanese: 型射 (けいしゃ, keisha), 射, tr=しゃ, sha Kazakh: морфизм Korean: 사상(寫像) Kyrgyz: морфизм Latin: morphismus, m Persian: ریخت Portuguese: morfismo Russian: морфизм Spanish: morfismo, m Ukrainian: морфізм, m Welsh: morffedd, m Danish: morfi, c Dutch: morfisme, n Finnish: morfismi Portuguese: morfismo