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Bi-category

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Translation of "bi-category" into Russian

bi-category
Noun
raiting
UK
/ˌbaɪˈkætəɡəri/
US
/ˌbaɪˈkætəˌɡɔri/
Used in category theory; a higher-categorical structure with objects, 1-morphisms, and 2-morphisms.
Термин в теории категорий.
A bi-category can be viewed as a generalization of a category with composition that is associative only up to isomorphism.
Бикатегорию можно рассматривать как обобщение категории, где композиция ассоциативна только с точностью до изоморфизма.

Definitions

bi-category
Noun
raiting
UK
/ˌbaɪˈkætəɡəri/
US
/ˌbaɪˈkætəˌɡɔri/
A category-theoretic structure in which morphisms themselves have morphisms between them; a weak 2-category.
A bicategory can be viewed as a generalization of a category with composition that is associative only up to isomorphism.

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