bijection
/baɪˈdʒekʃən/
a one-to-one correspondence between two sets
bijection in a sentence
“A bijection proves two sets have equal cardinality.”
Origin of bijection
Latin bi- two + French jection from Latin jacere to throw
Related Words
predicate
a statement containing variables that becomes true or false when values are assigned
quantifier
a symbol specifying the quantity of specimens in a domain
tautology
a statement that is true under all possible interpretations
paradox
a statement that contradicts itself or defies intuition
set
a collection of distinct objects considered as a whole
subset
a set whose elements are all contained in another set