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noun
A category.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: humorous
Topics: category-theory, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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History
monoid + -oid. A monoid can be viewed as a one-object category, so that a category can be viewed as the horizontal categorification of a monoid, but this almost-circular definition is mostly used as a joke, often associated with a view of category theory as overly abstract nonsense.
