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ONE-TO-ONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does one-to-one mean? 

ONE-TO-ONE (adjective)
  The adjective ONE-TO-ONE has 1 sense:

1. used of relations such that each member of one set is associated with one member of a second setplay

  Familiarity information: ONE-TO-ONE used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ONE-TO-ONE (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Used of relations such that each member of one set is associated with one member of a second set

Similar:

matched (going well together; possessing harmonizing qualities)


 Context examples 


An injection (or injective, or one-to-one) such that for every y in Y there is at most one x in X such that f(x) equals y.

(Functional Relationship, NCI Thesaurus)

The activity of implementing rules that are used to map the elements of one set onto the elements of another set, usually on a one-to-one basis.

(Coding, NCI Thesaurus)

Bioinformatics expert identified a subset of one-to-one corresponding genes (single-copy orthologs) in the liverwort and wild tobacco and analysed their level of activity during the infection.

(Ancient defence strategy continues to protect plants from pathogens, University of Cambridge)



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