Many-to-Many Relation

A Many-to-Many Relation is a binary relation where one Argument Value is associated to many Argument Values and vice-versa.

• Context:
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• Example(s):
  • An IsParentTo(A,B) and IsSiblingTo(A,B) are one.
  • A Meronomy Relation.
  • IsParentTo(A,B)
  • IsSiblingTo(A,B)
  • A motorcycle is made up of many parts, and many of these can also make up a bicycle, e.g. wheels and handlebars.
  • An artist can create in many genres and a genre is associated to many artists.
  • A product's part can come from many suppliers and a supplier creates many distinct parts.
  • A protein can localize at many subcellular locations and many proteins reside at a subcellular location.
  • A research paper cites many other papers and can by cited by many papers.
  • ...
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a One-to-Many Relation.
  • a One-to-One Relation.
• See: Relation.

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