A diffeological space is a pair consists of a given set and a diffeology consists of a collection of parameterizations satisfying the following conditions:
- All parameterizations with domain belong to , namely all the points of
- If is a parameterization, and is a smooth map between cartesian spaces, then belongs to
- If is a parameterization, an open cover of that each restriction , then
If is a diffeology, then we call a parameterization that belongs to it a plot.