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sur⋅jec⋅tive

[ser-jek-tiv]
–adjective Mathematics.
onto (def. 3).

Origin:
1960–65; surject(ion) + -ive

on⋅to

[on-too, awn-; unstressed on-tuh, awn-]
–preposition
1. to a place or position on; upon; on: to get onto a horse.
2. Informal. in or into a state of awareness about: I'm onto your scheme.
–adjective
3. Also, surjective. Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is the entire second set.

Origin:
1575–85; on + to
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