"bijection" meaning in English

See bijection in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /baɪˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃən/ Forms: bijections [plural]
Etymology: PIE word *dwóh₁ From French bijection, introduced by Nicolas Bourbaki in their treatise Éléments de mathématique. Etymology templates: {{l|ine-pro|*dwóh₁}} *dwóh₁, {{PIE word|en|dwóh₁}} PIE word *dwóh₁, {{bor|en|fr|bijection}} French bijection Head templates: {{en-noun}} bijection (plural bijections)
  1. (set theory) A one-to-one correspondence, a function which is both a surjection and an injection. Wikipedia link: Nicolas Bourbaki, bijection, Éléments de mathématique Categories (topical): Functions, Set theory Synonyms: bijective function, one-to-one correspondence Related terms: injection, surjection Translations (function that is both a surjection and an injection): funció bijectiva [feminine] (Catalan), bijecció [feminine] (Catalan), 一一映射 (yīyīyìngshè) (Chinese Mandarin), 雙射 (Chinese Mandarin), 双射 (shuāngshè) (Chinese Mandarin), bijekce [feminine] (Czech), bijectie [feminine] (Dutch), dissurĵeto (Esperanto), inversigebla funkcio (Esperanto), bijekcio (Esperanto), bijektsioon (Estonian), bijektio (Finnish), bijection [feminine] (French), Bijektion [feminine] (German), bijektive Funktion [feminine] (German), αμφιμονοσήμαντη αντιστοιχία (amfimonosímanti antistoichía) [feminine] (Greek), פונקציה חד-חד-ערכית ועל [feminine] (Hebrew), एकैकी आच्छादन (ekaikī ācchādan) (Hindi), bijekció (Hungarian), kölcsönösen egyértelmű leképezés (Hungarian), gagntæk vörpun [feminine] (Icelandic), bijekto (Ido), 全単射 (zentansha) (alt: ぜんたんしゃ) (Japanese), 双射 (sōsha) (alt: そうしゃ) (Japanese), 전단사 (jeondansa) (Korean), bijekcja [feminine] (Polish), funkcja wzajemnie jednoznaczna [feminine] (Polish), bijeção [feminine] (Portuguese), bijecție [feminine] (Romanian), funcție bijectivă [feminine] (Romanian), бие́кция (bijékcija) [feminine] (Russian), bijekcija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), бијекција [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), biyección [feminine] (Spanish), bijektion [common-gender] (Swedish)

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    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "function that is both a surjection and an injection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gagntæk vörpun"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "function that is both a surjection and an injection",
      "word": "bijekto"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぜんたんしゃ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "zentansha",
      "sense": "function that is both a surjection and an injection",
      "word": "全単射"
    },
    {
      "alt": "そうしゃ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sōsha",
      "sense": "function that is both a surjection and an injection",
      "word": "双射"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeondansa",
      "sense": "function that is both a surjection and an injection",
      "word": "전단사"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "function that is both a surjection and an injection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bijekcja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "function that is both a surjection and an injection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "funkcja wzajemnie jednoznaczna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "function that is both a surjection and an injection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bijeção"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "function that is both a surjection and an injection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bijecție"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "function that is both a surjection and an injection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "funcție bijectivă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bijékcija",
      "sense": "function that is both a surjection and an injection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бие́кция"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "function that is both a surjection and an injection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bijekcija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "function that is both a surjection and an injection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бијекција"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "function that is both a surjection and an injection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "biyección"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "function that is both a surjection and an injection",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bijektion"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bijection"
}

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