onto definition

  • preposition:
    • together with; to a situation on; upon: The dog hopped onto the chair. See Usage Note at on.
    • casual totally alert to; informed about: law enforcement are onto the robbers' programs.
    • Upon; together with.
    • conscious of.
    • Being an onto purpose with a codomain of (view below).
    • upon; on; to; -- occasionally written together word, onto, and often called a colloquialism; but it is regarded in analogy with into.
    • on top of; upon; on. See to, under on, preparation.

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  • adjective:
    • Mathematics Of, relating to, or becoming a mapping in a way that every part of the target set labeled is the picture of an element inside domain.
    • Assuming all the values in its codomain; having its range corresponding to its codomain.

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  • others:
    • An obsolete form of unto.
    • Toward and over: as, the doorway opens up straight onto the street.
    • To as well as in connection with.
    • towards top of; upon; on.

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