cofinality

Etymology

cofinal + -ity

noun

  1. (mathematics, countable) The least of the cardinalities of the cofinal subsets of a partially ordered set.
    The cofinality of any set with a greatest element is 1.
  2. (mathematics, uncountable) The property of being cofinal.

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