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Meaning of horizontal categorification | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The process by which an algebraic structure is first categorified, realising it as a one-object category with certain properties, and then categories with those properties (and any number of objects) are studied; also, the result of this process.

Examples

“The horizontal categorification of a group is a groupoid.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

horizontal dancing horizontal divestiture horizontal escalation horizontal gene transfer horizontal hostility horizontal hula

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