one-one

adjective

1

of a relation in logic : constituted so that if one term is given only one thing can be the other term

in a monogamous society the relation "husband-wife" is one-one

compare many-one, one-many

2

: one-to-one

a one-one correlation between the names of things and the things named

—W. E. Johnson

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