Definition. Contravariant functor [dm-000S]

A contravariant functor \mathcal {F} is a functor that, instead of associating a morphism X \xrightarrow {m} Y with a morphism \mathcal {F}(X) \xrightarrow {\mathcal {F}(m)} \mathcal {F}(Y), it instead gives a morphism \mathcal {F}(Y) \xrightarrow {\mathcal {F}(m)} \mathcal {F}(X)$. Alternatively, it can be viewed as a functor from the dual category.