covariant

• 数学和物理中的术语，指某种量在坐标变换时按特定规律随之变换的性质。在范畴论中，指函子保持态射复合方向的性质。

A technical term used in mathematics and physics to describe a quantity that transforms in a specific way under a change of coordinates.

1. Mathematical and physical propertyC2formal

   Describing a quantity or function that changes in a way that preserves certain relationships with another variable or set of variables.

   协变的

   • In tensor calculus, a covariant vector transforms in the same way as the basis vectors.
   • The covariant derivative is essential for describing curved spacetime in general relativity.
   • The equations remain covariant under a change of coordinates.

   反义词invariant