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English
Etymology
cofinal + -ity
Noun
cofinality (countable and uncountable, plural cofinalities)
- (mathematics, countable) The least of the cardinalities of the cofinal subsets of a partially ordered set.
- The cofinality of any set with a greatest element is 1.
- (mathematics, uncountable) The property of being cofinal.
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Translations
the least of cardinalities of cofinal subsets
the property of being cofinal