contravariance (English, noun)
expansion: contravariance (countable and uncountable, plural contravariances)
Senses:
qualifier: object-oriented programming
glosses: The reversal of the order of data types acted upon by an operator.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: category-theory
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A functor which reverses composition.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: linear-algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Of vectors, the property of scaling inversely with a change of basis, as opposed to covariance.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: contravariances
tags: plural