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Definition of contravariant:

(adj) : (object-oriented programming) Using or relating to contravariance.
(adj) : (linear algebra, of a vector) Scaling inversely with a change of basis.
(adj) : (category theory, of a functor) Which reverses the order of morphism composition: formally, which associates each morphism f:X→Y to a morphism F(f):F(Y)→F(X).
(n) : (algebra) A bihomogeneous polynomial in dual variables of x, y, ... and the coefficients of some homogeneous form in x, y, ... that is invariant under some group of linear transformations.
Definition of contravariant:

(adj) : (object-oriented programming) Using or relating to contravariance.
(adj) : (linear algebra, of a vector) Scaling inversely with a change of basis.
(adj) : (category theory, of a functor) Which reverses the order of morphism composition: formally, which associates each morphism f:X→Y to a morphism F(f):F(Y)→F(X).
(n) : (algebra) A bihomogeneous polynomial in dual variables of x, y, ... and the coefficients of some homogeneous form in x, y, ... that is invariant under some group of linear transformations.
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