sheaf
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Is sheaf a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (mechanical) A sheave.
2. (mathematics) An abstract construct in topology that associates data to the open sets of a topological space (i.e. a presheaf) in such a way so as to make the local and global data compatible, generalizing the situation of functions, fiber bundles, manifold structure, etc. on a topological space. Formally, a presheaf ℱ whose sections are, in a technical sense, uniquely determined by their restrictions onto smaller sets: that is, given an open cover U_i of U:
3. (mathematics) An abstract construct in topology that associates data to the open sets of a topological space (i.e. a presheaf) in such a way so as to make the local and global data compatible, generalizing the situation of functions, fiber bundles, manifold structure, etc. on a topological space. Formally, a presheaf ℱ whose sections are, in a technical sense, uniquely determined by their restrictions onto smaller sets: that is, given an open cover U_i of U:
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheavesExamples: "to sheaf wheat"transitive
2. (intransitive) To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves.Examples: "They that reap must sheaf and bind; Then to cart with Rosalind."intransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary