single-valued

American

[sing-guhl-val-yood] / ˈsɪŋ gəlˈvæl yud /

adjective

Mathematics.

(of a function) having the property that each element in the domain has corresponding to it exactly one element in the range.

Etymology

Origin of single-valued

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

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The series is evidently single-valued for any given value of ξ.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various

He was trying to visualize a gravity pull whose intensity was not a single-valued pressure but a uniform continuum of pressure values from a minimum to a maximum.

From Unthinkable by Terry, Bill

We may then attempt to investigate, in general, in what cases the independent variable x of a hypergeometric equation is a single-valued function of the ratio s of two independent integrals of the equation.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various

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