Associations to the word «Categorical»

CATEGORICAL, adjective. Absolute; having no exception

CATEGORICAL, adjective. Of, pertaining to, or using a category or categories

CATEGORICAL, noun. (logic) A categorical proposition.

CATEGORICAL DUAL, noun. (category theory) For a given category C, its dual category Cop is obtained by reversing the direction of each one of the arrows of C.

CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE, noun. (ethics) A fundamental ethical principle intended as a guide for determining whether any contemplated action is morally right, developed by Immanuel Kant (1724-1804).

CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVES, noun. Plural of categorical imperative

CATEGORICAL PRODUCT, noun. (mathematics) A structure constructed from several similar structures, equipped with appropriate projection maps, which generalises the Cartesian product of sets, product of topological spaces and direct product of groups

CATEGORICAL PROPOSITION, noun. (logic) A proposition that asserts or denies that members of one category (the subject term) belong to another (the predicate term). There are four types: "all S are P", "all S are not P", "some S are P", and "some S are not P".

CATEGORICAL PROPOSITIONS, noun. Plural of categorical proposition

CATEGORICAL VARIABLE, noun. (statistics) A nominal variable.

CATEGORICAL VARIABLES, noun. Plural of categorical variable

CATEGORICAL, adjective. Relating to or included in a category or categories.

CATEGORICAL, adjective. Not modified or restricted by reservations; "a categorical denial"; "a flat refusal".