noun · rare

terminal object

terminal object · terminal objects

конечный объект, терминальный объект

finales Objekt, terminales Objekt, Endobjekt

An object within a category which receives arrows from all other objects in that…An object within a category which receives arrows from all other objects in that category, and such that each of these arrows is unique.

Meaning

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An object within a category which receives arrows from all other objects in that category, and such that each of these arrows is unique.
In the category of sets, a terminal object is any singleton, since there exists a unique function, namely the constant function, from any given set into that singleton.
The terminal object is the limit over the empty diagram.
Endobjekt, finales Objekt, terminales Objekt
конечный объектkonečnyj obʺjekt, терминальный объектterminalʹnyj obʺjekt