one-many
[ wuhn-men-ee; usually read as wuhn-tuh-men-ee ]
/ ˈwʌnˈmɛn i; usually read as ˈwʌn təˈmɛn i /
adjective Logic, Mathematics.
(of a relation) having the property that an element may be assigned to several elements but that given an element, only one may be assigned to it.
Origin of one-many
First recorded in 1905–10
Words nearby one-many
one-liner,
one-lung,
one-lunger,
one-man,
one-man show,
one-many,
one-night stand,
one-nighter,
one-note,
one-off,
one-on-one
British Dictionary definitions for one-many
one-many
adjective
maths logic
(of a relation) holding between more than one ordered pair of elements with the same first member