Monoidal category Uncommon

Origin: Greek prefix mono-

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Noun

A category 𝒞 with a bifunctor ⊗:𝒞⨯𝒞→𝒞 which may be called tensor product, an associativity isomorphism 𝛼_(A,B,C):(A⊗B)⊗C≃A⊗(B⊗C), an object I which may be called tensor unit, a left unit natural isomorphism 𝜆_A:I⊗A≃A, a right unit natural isomorphism 𝜌_A:A⊗I≃A, and some "coherence conditions" (pentagon and triangle commutative diagrams for those isomorphisms).