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Coterminal vs Conterminal - What's the difference?

coterminal | conterminal |

As adjectives the difference between coterminal and conterminal

is that coterminal is (geometry|of two angles) differing only by a whole number of complete circles while conterminal is conterminous.

As a noun coterminal

is (aviation) one of a number of terminals or airports which are interchangeable for the purposes of ticketing .

coterminal

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (aviation) One of a number of terminals or airports which are interchangeable for the purposes of ticketing.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (geometry, of two angles) Differing only by a whole number of complete circles.
    • When you try to draw two coterminal angles on a circle, you will find that you only get one line.
  • (category theory) Describing an object in a category, such that there is precisely one morphism that maps that object to every object in the category.
  • Simultaneously studying towards two or more separate degrees.
    • coterminal student

    Synonyms

    * (category theory) initial

    Antonyms

    * (category theory) terminal

    See also

    * (Initial and terminal objects)

    conterminal

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Conterminous.
  • * 1831 Thomas Love Peacock, Crotchet Castle Chapter 9:
    • The neighbouring lords, his conterminal bandits.
  • (entomology) Connected end to end.
  • * 1866 William Edward Shuckard, British Bees: An Introduction to the Study of the Natural History and Economy of the Bees Indigenous to the British Isles p. 28:
    • The latter consists of closely attached conterminal joints.

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