many-one

[ men-ee-wuhn; usually read as men-ee-tuh-wuhn ]
/ ˈmɛn iˈwʌn; usually read as ˈmɛn i təˈwʌn /

adjective Logic, Mathematics.

(of a relation) having the property that each element is assigned to one element only but that many elements may be assigned to the same element.

Origin of many-one

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby many-one

many a, many are called but few are chosen, many hands make light work, many happy returns, many is the, many-one, many-sided, many-tailed bandage, many-valued, many-valued logic, many-worlds interpretation

British Dictionary definitions for many-one

many-one

adjective

maths logic (of a function) associating a single element of a range with more than one member of the domain