Pregeometry

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In mathematics and physics, pregeometry has several meanings:

  • In combinatorics and most other mathematics, a matroid (as an abbreviation of "combinatorial pregeometry")
  • Pregeometry (model theory), a finitary matroid (as an abbreviation of "finitary combinatorial pregeometry")
  • Pregeometry (physics), a structure from which geometry arises