Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

surjective

/sɚˈd͡ʒɛktɪv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables: sur-jec-tive
IPA: /sɚˈd͡ʒɛktɪv/

22

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, relating to, or being a surjection.

Example Sentences

"1974, Thomas W. Hungerford, Algebra, Springer, page 5, A function f is surjective (or onto) provided f(A)=B; in other words, for each b∈B,b=f(a) for some a∈A. A function f is said to be bijective (or a bijection or a one-to-one correspondence) if it is both injective and surjective."
"The Garden of Eden Theorem (Theorem 5.3.1) implies that every surjective cellular automaton with finite alphabet over an amenable group is necessarily pre-injective. In this section, we give an example of a surjective but not pre-injective cellular automaton with finite alphabet over the free group #92;textstyleF#95;2."
"This function is surjective and injective, and hence bijective."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /sɚˈd͡ʒɛktɪv/
British English: /səˈd͡ʒɛktɪv/

Derived Forms

nonsurjective surjectively

Phrases

surjective function surjective map

Frequently Paired Words

surjection surjectivity bijective injective

Synonyms

onto

Rhymes With

effective objective collective detective respective protective selective prospective subjective directive ineffective reflective

Questions

How do you pronounce surjective?: The recorded pronunciation is /sɚˈd͡ʒɛktɪv/.
What does surjective mean?: Of, relating to, or being a surjection.

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