One-to-many

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having the property that the same argument may yield multiple values, but different arguments never yield the same value. not-comparable
  2. 2
    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. not-comparable

    ""Being a genetic mother of" is a one-to-many relation from the set of cats to the set of cats."

  3. 3
    From a single source to multiple recipients. not-comparable

    "Traditional mass media, both print and broadcast, are forms of one-to-many communications."

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""Being a genetic mother of" is a one-to-many relation from the set of cats to the set of cats."

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