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surjective

[ser-jek-tiv]

adjective Mathematics.

onto (def. 3).

Origin:
1960–65; surject(ion) + -ive

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the smallest number that is a common multiple of a given set of numbers

occurring in a manner independent of some variable, parameter or function: a uniform bound

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surjection (sɜːˈdʒɛkʃən)

—n
	injection See also bijection a mathematical function or mapping for which every element of the image space is a value for some members of the domain

[C20: from sur-¹ + -jection, on the model of projection]

sur'jective

—*adj*

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