Definitions For Injective

Adjective

(not comparable) (mathematics) of, relating to, or being an injection: such that each element of the image (or range) is associated with at most one element of the preimage (or domain); inverse-deterministic : Synonym: one-to-one

Derived terms

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Related terms

injectively

Translations

Czech: prostý, injektivní Danish: injektiv Finnish: injektiivinen French: injectif Greek: αμφιμονότιμη Icelandic: eintækur, m Irish: inteilgeach Polish: różnowartościowa, f Portuguese: injetivo Russian: инъекти́вный Spanish: inyectivo Swedish: injektiv

Etymology

{{rfe, en, cf. discussion page}} This term was introduced by {{w, Nicolas Bourbaki}} in his treatise Éléments de mathématique.