many-valued

[ men-ee-val-yood ]

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

Origin of many-valued

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First recorded in 1930–35

Words Nearby many-valued

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How to use many-valued in a sentence

  • Governor McKean respected those who honestly differed from him in politics and had among them many valued friends.

  • Mr. Weston often felt the time hang heavily upon him, though he saw many valued friends.

    Aunt Phillis's Cabin | Mary H. Eastman
  • And many valued themselves highly on the skill and address with which they got to the windward of every person they met.

    Handbook of Medical Entomology | William Albert Riley
  • He had many valued friends there, and he spoke Italian (as he also did Spanish) with much fluency.

    Lord John Russell | Stuart J. Reid
  • I now found Berlin a pleasant city and the home of many valued friends, whom I had known elsewhere.

    Thirty Years in the Itinerancy | Wesson Gage Miller