injective

English

An injective mapping

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “cf. discussion page”) This term was introduced by Nicolas Bourbaki in his treatise Éléments de mathématique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈdʒɛktɪv/

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• Rhymes: -ɛktɪv

Adjective

injective (not comparable)

1. (mathematics) of, relating to, or being an injection: such that each element of the image (or range) is associated with at most one element of the preimage (or domain); inverse-deterministic

   Synonym: one-to-one

Derived terms

• injective cogenerator
• injective dimension
• injective function
• injective hull
• injective map
• injective module
• injective object
• injective patch
• injective sheaf

 

Related terms

• injectively

Translations

inverse-deterministic

• Czech: prostý (cs), injektivní
• Danish: injektiv
• Finnish: injektiivinen (fi)
• French: injectif (fr)
• German: injektiv (de)
• Greek: αμφιμονότιμη (amfimonótimi)
• Icelandic: eintækur m

• Irish: inteilgeach
• Polish: różnowartościowa f
• Portuguese: injetivo
• Romanian: injectiv
• Russian: инъекти́вный (ru) (inʺjektívnyj)
• Spanish: inyectivo
• Swedish: injektiv (sv)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.ʒɛk.tiv/
• Homophone: injectives

Adjective

injective

1. feminine singular of injectif