Coatom

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    In a partially ordered set, a non-unit element that has no element above it other than the unit (assuming that the poset has a top element, its "unit").

    "In a Boolean lattice, the complement of an atom is a coatom."

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atom

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"In a Boolean lattice, the complement of an atom is a coatom."

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