pairwise disjoint

$A$ , $B$ , and $C$ are sets with elements represented by distinctly colored circles. The sets are pairwise disjoint since the intersection of any two distinct sets is empty.

Meaning

Adjective

Let $\{A_\lambda\}_{\lambda\in\Lambda}$ be any collection of sets indexed by a set $\Lambda$ . We call the indexed collection pairwise disjoint if for any two distinct indices, $\lambda,\mu\in\Lambda$ , the sets $A_\lambda$ and $A_\mu$ are disjoint.

Similar words

mutually disjoint

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