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> [!definition] Definition. ([[natural transformation]])
> Let $\mathsf{C},\mathsf{D}$ be [[category|categories]], and let $\mathscr{F}, \mathscr{G}$ be (say, covariant) [[covariant functor|functors]] $\mathsf{C} \to \mathsf{D}$. A **natural transformation** $\mathscr{F} \xRightarrow{\alpha} \mathscr{G}$ is the datum of a morphism ('the $X$-component of $\alpha