monoid

[mon-oid]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Mathematics.

groupoid.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of monoid¹

First recorded in 1860–65; mon- + -oid

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Example Sentences

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We can use ‘comparing’ to turn each field into a comparison function of type Book -> Book -> Ordering and then use the monoid operator <> to combine these comparison functions.