Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Allowing the pairing of each member of a class uniquely with a member of another class.
- adjective Mathematics Relating to or being a correspondence between two sets that assigns to each member of one set exactly one member of the other set.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
one-one .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A personal
relationship between two people. - adjective Matching each member of one set with a member of another set.
- adjective chiefly UK Involving
direct communication between two people. Used especially to refer to situations in which one person is teaching one other person. - adjective mathematics, of a function
Injective , being aninjection : having the property that no two elements of the domain are mapped to the same image.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective used of relations such that each member of one set is associated with one member of a second set
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Examples
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About fifteen years ago, marketers started using the term "one-to-one marketing" or 1:1 marketing to describe a CRM strategy that emphasized this kind of highly personalized interaction.
Forbes.com: News Lisa Arthur 2011
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More than 600 public school districts have begun what they call "one-to-one" programs, in which at least one classroom of students is getting iPads for each child to use throughout the day.
SFGate: Top News Stories By STEPHANIE REITZ 2011
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Apple officials say they know of more than 600 districts that have launched what are called "one-to-one" programs, in which at least one classroom of students is getting iPads for each student to use throughout the school day.
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Apple officials say they know of more than 600 districts that have launched what are called "one-to-one" programs, in which at least one classroom of students is getting iPads for each student to use throughout the school day.
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Apple officials say they know of more than 600 districts that have launched what are called "one-to-one" programs, in which at least one classroom of students is getting iPads for each student to use throughout the school day.
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Apple officials say they know of more than 600 districts that have launched what are called "one-to-one" programs, in which at least one classroom of students is getting iPads for each student to use throughout the school day.
Apple Hot News 2011
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It wasn't too long ago that the parity pontificators were out in full force claiming that the European currency would trade one-to-one with the U.S. dollar.
Michael Pento: Bernanke Has Buried the Buck Michael Pento 2010
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Maybe working with a writing coach one-to-one would suite you better?
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"There is a one-to-one relationship," Mr. Pijbes adds.
The Art World's Yearly Pilgrimage Margaret Studer 2011
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So there is fructose in table sugar, too, in a one-to-one ratio with glucose.
David Katz, M.D.: HFCS Name Change: Good, Bad or In Between? M.D. David Katz 2010
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