What does "many-to-one" mean?

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.

What is a synonym for "many-to-one"?

Common synonyms include: many-one.

Many-to-one

adj

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Adjective

1
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. not-comparable
2
From many sources to a single recipient. not-comparable
"Traditional management structure consisted of a hierarchical tree of many-to-one communications (from subordinate to manager), with each manager often significantly filtering what he passed on to his manager."

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many-one

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"Traditional management structure consisted of a hierarchical tree of many-to-one communications (from subordinate to manager), with each manager often significantly filtering what he passed on to his manager."

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