Etymology

injective

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Today it means: 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 Full definition →

French injectif
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  1. French · borrowed frominjectif
  2. French · borrowed frominjectif
  3. English todayinjective

Borrowed from French injectif.

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