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contravariance

contravariance

English

Noun

contravariance (countable and uncountable, plural contravariances)

  1. (object-oriented programming) The reversal of the order of data types acted upon by an operator
  2. (category theory) A functor which reverses composition

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Noun

contravariance f (plural contravariances)

  1. (object-oriented programming) contravariance