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mon⋅oid

[mon-oid]
–noun Mathematics.
groupoid.

Origin:
1860–65; mon- + -oid

group⋅oid

[groo-poid]
–noun Mathematics.
an algebraic system closed under a binary operation. Also called monoid. Compare group (def. 9), semigroup.

Origin:
group + -oid
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monoid
An operator * and a value x form a monoid if * is associative and x is its left and right identity.

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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