coproduct
nounEtymology From co- + product.
1
Any of multiple products that are produced at the same time, or by the same process
2
Mathematics, Sciences The colimit of two (or more) objects, without regard to any morphisms between them.
- The coproduct is a structure constructed from several similar structures, equipped with appropriate inclusion maps, which generalises the disjoint union of sets, of topological spaces and the free product of groups.
- Related terms
- product, categorical product