hylomorphism
English edit
Etymology edit
From hylo- (“matter”) + morphism.
Noun edit
hylomorphism (countable and uncountable, plural hylomorphisms)
- (philosophy) The doctrine that every physical substance is the sum of its component matter and the form taken by that matter.
- (functional programming) Composition of an anamorphism and a catamorphism.
Translations edit
philosophical doctrine
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composition of an anamorphism and a catamorphism