groupoid

English

Etymology

group +‎ -oid

Noun

groupoid (plural groupoids)

  1. (algebra) A magma: a set with a total binary operation.
  2. (algebra and category theory) A set with a partial binary operation that is associative and has inverses and identities.
    A groupoid is a category in which every morphism is an isomorphism.

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