Definitions For Onto

Adjective

(not comparable) (mathematics, of a function) Assuming each of the values in its codomain; having its range equal to its codomain. : Considered as a function on the real numbers, the exponential function is not onto.

Synonyms

mathematics surjective

Translations

surjective

See also

mathematics one-to-one, injective, bijective

Preposition

{{en-prep}} upon, upon; on top of. : {{ux, en, My cat just jumped onto the keyboard.}} (informal) aware, aware of. : {{ux, en, The thought-police were onto my plans of world domination.}} (mathematics) Being an onto function with a codomain of (see below). : {{ux, en, The exponential function maps the set of real numbers onto the set of positive real numbers.}}

Translations

Albanian: {{t-needed, sq}} Arabic: عَلَى : Egyptian Arabic: على (ʿala, sc=Arab), عـ (ʿa, sc=Arab) Czech: {{t-needed, cs}} Danish: {{t-needed, da}} Dutch: {{t-needed, nl}} Estonian: {{t-needed, et}} Faroese: {{t-needed, fo}} Finnish: -lle {{qualifier, allative case}}; {{qualifier, + genitive}} päälle French: sur German: auf Greek: : Ancient: ἐπί {{qualifier, + accusative}} Hungarian: {{t-needed, hu}} Icelandic: ofan á, á Ido: adsur Igbo: {{t-needed, ig}} Indonesian: {{t-needed, id}} Irish: ar Italian: su Ladin: {{t-needed, lld}} Ladino: {{t-needed, lad}} Lala-Roba: {{t-needed, lla}} Latvian: {{t-needed, lv}} Lithuanian: {{t-needed, lt}} Maltese: {{t-needed, mt}} Norwegian: : Norwegian Bokmål: {{t-needed, nb}} : Norwegian Nynorsk: {{t-needed, nn}} Novial: a sur Occitan: subre, sus, sobre Polish: {{t-needed, pl}} Portuguese: sobre, no, m, na, f Russian: на Slovak: {{t-needed, sk}} Slovene: {{t-needed, sl}} Sorbian: : Lower Sorbian: na Spanish: sobre Swahili: {{t-needed, sw}} Swedish: upp på Turkish: üstünde, üstüne Veps: {{t-needed, vep}} Volapük: {{t-needed, vo}} Votic: {{t-needed, vot}} Võro: {{t-needed, vro}} Welsh: ar

Alternative forms

on to {{qualifier, UK, Ireland and Commonwealth countries including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa etc}}

Etymology

from on + to, after {{m + en + into}}. compare {{noncog + stq + antou + t=up to}}.

See also

unto

Anagrams

Toon, noot, noto-, oont, tono-, toon