irreflexive
/ˌɪrɪˈflɛksɪv/
adjective
- In mathematics and logic, describing a relation in which no element is related to itself.
- The professor explained that the 'parent of' relation is irreflexive.
- In set theory, an irreflexive relation never pairs an element with itself.
- The relation 'is taller than' is irreflexive because no one is taller than themselves.
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