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一対多 (いちたいた) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

一いち対たい多た

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Meanings

1

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

one-to-many

mathematics

Mathematical term describing a relationship where one element corresponds to multiple elements, e.g., one-to-many mapping or function.

この関かん数すうは一いち対たい多たの対たい応おうを表あらわしている。
This function represents a one-to-many correspondence.
データベースで一いち対たい多たのリレーションを定てい義ぎする。
Define a one-to-many relation in the database.

Written forms

一いち対たい多た
Standard kanji spelling for the mathematical term.
１いち対たい多た
Variant using Arabic numeral 1; common in technical contexts.

Kanji

一one, one radical (no.1)
対vis-a-vis, opposite, even
多

many, frequent, much

Similar words

一いち対たい一いち
Means 'one-to-one'; a relationship where one element corresponds to exactly one other element, in contrast to 一対多's one-to-many.
多た対たい多た
Means 'many-to-many'; a relationship where multiple elements correspond to multiple elements, extending beyond the one-to-many pattern.

Etymology

Compound of 一 (one), 対 (versus, pair), and 多 (many). The term is a straightforward technical coinage for the mathematical concept of one-to-many relationships.