mathematical function

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   (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)

   Synonymsfunctionsingle-valued functionmapmapping

   Broadermathematical relation

   Narrowerpolynomialexpansioninverse functionKronecker deltametric functiontransformationisometryoperatortrigonometric functionthreshold function

   mathematics

Questions about mathematical function

What does mathematical function mean?

mathematical function means "(mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)".

What is another word for mathematical function?

Close synonyms include function, single-valued function, map, mapping. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mathematical function a common word?

mathematical function is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.