contravariant adjective 3noun 1forms 1 adjective3 •Which reverses the order of morphism composition: formally, which associates each morphism f:X→Y to a morphism F(f):F(Y)→F(X). •Using or relating to contravariance. •Scaling inversely with a change of basis. noun1 •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. formscontravariants