Meaning

1 senses
  1. An infinite sequence consisting of a real number and a p-adic number for every prime number p, such that all but finitely many of them are p-adic integers. More generally, a member of a self-dual topological ring built on any algebraic number field, and involving in a symmetric way all the completions of the field.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Adele is a singer.

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  2. Sami listened to Adele.

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  3. And, without waiting for an answer, she left the apartment, preceded by her friend Adele.

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Origin

Blend of additive + idele; coined by André Weil.

Blend of additive + idele; coined by André Weil.

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Forms

plural: adeles
Singularadele
Pluraladeles

regular

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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