"one-to-many" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} one-to-many (not comparable)
  1. (mathematics, of a function) Having the property that the same argument may yield multiple values, but different arguments never yield the same value. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-one-to-many-en-adj-S7DnL1Y6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 24 27 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  2. (mathematics, logic, of a relationship between two sets) having the property that an element of one set may be assigned by the relationship to several elements in the other set, but that a given element in the second set can have only one member of the first set assigned to it. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Logic, Mathematics
    Sense id: en-one-to-many-en-adj-51pdklR5 Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
  3. From a single source to multiple recipients. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-one-to-many-en-adj-O1ZR9svP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: one-many [mathematics, sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, human-sciences, sciences] Coordinate_terms: one-to-one, many-to-one, many-to-many

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