monomorphism

/ˌmɑnəˈmɔrˌfɪzəm/
noun
  1. The quality or state of having only one form, shape, or structure; lack of variety in form.
    • The artist's work was criticized for its monomorphism, as every painting looked the same.
    • Biologists studied the monomorphism of the species, which showed almost no physical variation.
    • The monomorphism of the desert landscape made it hard to find landmarks.
  2. In mathematics, a structure-preserving map (morphism) that is injective (one-to-one); a function that maps distinct elements to distinct elements.
    • In category theory, a monomorphism is a morphism that can be canceled on the left.
    • To prove the theorem, we first showed that the mapping was a monomorphism.
    • The teacher explained that a monomorphism in algebra is like an injective function.
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