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Katamorphism vs Catamorphism - What's the difference?

katamorphism | catamorphism |

As nouns the difference between katamorphism and catamorphism

is that katamorphism is (geology) any form of metamorphism that occurs near the earth's surface while catamorphism is (computer science) a generalization of the folds on lists known from functional programming to arbitrary abstract data types that can be described as initial algebras.

katamorphism

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Noun

(en noun)
  • (geology) Any form of metamorphism that occurs near the Earth's surface

    • catamorphism

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia catamorphism) (en noun)
  • (computer science) a generalization of the folds on lists known from functional programming to arbitrary abstract data types that can be described as initial algebras

    • Related terms

    * anamorphism * hylomorphism * paramorphism