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injective.

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

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adj/ɪnˈd͡ʒɛktɪv/
  1. 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

    not-comparable
  2. Loosely, having a certain generalizing property, abstracted from the study of ℚ as a ℤ-module. Formally, such that any short exact sequence of (left) R-modules beginning with M splits, or any of several equivalent statements: See Injective module.

    not-comparable
  3. Loosely, having a property analogous to that which characterizes injective modules (see above). Formally, such that, given a monomorphism f:X→Y in C, for every morphism g:X→Q there exists a morphism h:Y→Q such that h∘f=g; see Injective object.

    not-comparable
  4. Such that the objects (usually modules) involved in the resolution are injective (in the algebraic senses above).

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French injectif.

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