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sheaf

/Κƒiːf/
Visual illustration of sheaf: An abstract construct in topology that associates data to the open sets of a topological space, together with well-defined restrictions from larger to smaller open sets, subject to the condition that compatible data on overlapping open sets corresponds, via the restrictions, to a unique datum on the union of the open sets.
noun

An abstract construct in topology that associates data to the open sets of a topological space, together with well-defined restrictions from larger to smaller open sets, subject to the condition that compatible data on overlapping open sets corresponds, via the restrictions, to a unique datum on the union of the open sets.

Visual illustration of sheaf: To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves - Image 1
sheaf: To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves - Thumbnail 1
sheaf: To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves - Thumbnail 2
verb

To gather and bind into a sheaf; to make into sheaves