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terminal object

noun

Definitions

  1. An object within a category which receives arrows from all other objects in that…

    An object within a category which receives arrows from all other objects in that category, and such that each of these arrows is unique.

    • In the category of sets, a terminal object is any singleton, since there exists a unique function, namely the constant function, from any given set into that singleton.
    • The terminal object is the limit over the empty diagram.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for terminal object. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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