terminal object
noun1
Category theory, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences 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
- Antonyms
- initial object
- Hypernyms
- limit
- Hyponyms
- null object