Meaning

2 senses
  1. The number of arguments or operands a function or operation takes. For a relation, the number of domains in the corresponding Cartesian product.

    Stelligkeit

  2. (obsolete)Valence.

Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
number of arguments:

Origin

From -adic (taken from monadic/dyadic/triadic [function/operator]) + -ity, or alternativel

From -adic (taken from monadic/dyadic/triadic [function/operator]) + -ity, or alternatively from -ad (taken from monad/duad/triad) + -icity. Compare Latinate equivalent arity, based on -ary.

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Forms

plural: adicities
Singularadicity
Pluraladicities

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
number of arguments:typeA1rankB1adinityarity

Word family

1 related words
Relatedadic

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
adicity — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto