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Definition of Pushout
1. Noun. (category theory) Given a pair of morphisms and with a common domain, ''Z'', their '''pushout''' is a pair of morphisms and as well as their common codomain, ''P'', such that the equation is satisfied, and for which there is the ''universal property'' that for any other object ''Q'' for which there are also morphisms and ; there is a unique morphism such that and . ¹
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