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Colimit

In category theory the colimit of a functor, also known as a direct limit, is dual to the notion of a limit (or inductive limit).

The general definition of a colimit is given on the limit page. Special cases of colimits, each dual to a special case of limits, include coproduct[?], coequaliser[?], pushout[?].

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