many-valued

[ men-ee-val-yood ]

adjective

, Mathematics.

1. (of a function) having the property that some elements in the domain have more than one image point; multiple-valued.

Word History and Origins

Origin of many-valued¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

Simple and single-souled lieutenant he; Why should men's many-valued motions take So barbarous a groove!

From Project Gutenberg

As many-valued logics were subdued, entities were constituted only as what the experience made them to be, and no longer simultaneously many different things.

From Project Gutenberg