category

Signification

1. A group, often named or numbered, to which items are assigned based on similarity or defined criteria.
2. A collection of objects, together with a transitively closed collection of composable arrows between them, such that every object has an identity arrow, and such that arrow composition is associative.

Coupé comme

cat‧e‧go‧ry

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈkætəˌɡɔɹi/

Étymologie

Late Middle English, borrowed from French catégorie, from Middle French categorie, from Late Latin catēgoria (“class of predicables”), from Ancient Greek κατηγορία (katēgoría, “head of predicables”). Doublet of categoria.