terminal object
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Noun
terminal object (plural terminal objects)
- (category theory) 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.
Synonyms
- final object
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