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noun, feminine

surjection

/syʁ.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃/

noun, feminine/syʁ.ʒɛk.sjɔ̃/plural: surjections

surjection

Related: surjectif

Borrowing from Latin superiectiōnem (“a throwing over or on; (figuratively) an exaggeration, a hyperbole”). Compare injection, bijection, with the same second element but different prefixes.