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Loosly speaking, a class of objects and a collection of morphisms which act upon them.   
Loosly speaking, a class of objects and a collection of morphisms which act upon them.   
The morphisms can be composed, the composition is associative and there are identity  
The morphisms can be composed, the composition is associative and there are identity  
objects obeying rules of identity.
objects and rules of identity.

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A definition or brief description of Category theory.

Loosly speaking, a class of objects and a collection of morphisms which act upon them. The morphisms can be composed, the composition is associative and there are identity objects and rules of identity.