idempotence
идемпотентность
A quality of an action such that repetitions of the action have no further effect on…A quality of an action such that repetitions of the action have no further effect on the outcome; the state of being idempotent.
UK/ˌɪdɛmˈpəʊtəns/US/ˈaɪdəmˌpoʊtəns/
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A quality of an action such that repetitions of the action have no further effect on the outcome; the state of being idempotent.
идемпоте́нтностьidempoténtnostʹ
Translations
3 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
quality of an action such that repetitions of the action have no further effect on outcome – being idempotent:
Origin
Latin roots, idem (“same”) + potence (“the quality of having power”) – literally, “the quaLatin roots, idem (“same”) + potence (“the quality of having power”) – literally, “the quality of having the same power”. Coined by 19th century American mathematician Benjamin Peirce in context of algebra.
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