one-many

[ wuhn-men-ee; usually read as wuhn-tuh-men-ee ]

adjectiveLogic, Mathematics.
  1. (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

1
First recorded in 1905–10

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British Dictionary definitions for one-many

one-many

adjective
  1. maths logic (of a relation) holding between more than one ordered pair of elements with the same first member

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