catamorphism
Pronunciation: /ˌkætəˈmɔːfɪzəm/
The English word “catamorphism” has 1 meaning listed here.
noun
- A generalization of the folds on lists known from functional programming to arbitrary abstract data types that can be described as initial algebras.
Etymology
From cata- (“down”) + morphism.
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