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DIRECT SUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does direct sum mean?
• DIRECT SUM (noun)
The noun DIRECT SUM has 1 sense:
1. a union of two disjoint sets in which every element is the sum of an element from each of the disjoint sets
Familiarity information: DIRECT SUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A union of two disjoint sets in which every element is the sum of an element from each of the disjoint sets
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("direct sum" is a kind of...):
join; sum; union (a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets)
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