"many-to-one" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} many-to-one (not comparable)
  1. (mathematics, logic, of a relationship between two sets) Having the property that many elements of one set may be assigned by the relationship to one element in the other set, and that a given element in the first set can be assigned by only one member of the second set. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Logic, Mathematics
    Sense id: en-many-to-one-en-adj-UIZRXyFJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
  2. From many sources to a single recipient. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-many-to-one-en-adj-nHwOOjPe
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: many-one [mathematics, sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, human-sciences, sciences] Coordinate_terms: one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-many
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