Dictionary

arity en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈæɹɪti/
• /ˈeəɹɪti/
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Etymology

From -ary (taken from unary/binary/ternary [function/operator]) + -ity. Compare adicity and adinity.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The number of arguments or operands a function or operation takes. For a relation, the number of domains in the corresponding Cartesian product.
2. (countable, uncountable) The maximum number of child nodes that any node in a given tree (data structure) may have.
3. (Lojban, countable, uncountable) the number of arguments (in Lojban grammar called sumti) specified in the definition of a selbri. (the selbri combined with the sumti make up a bridi).

Forms

Synonyms

type · adicity · adinity · rank

Translations (30)

ru число́ опера́ндов (number of arguments) · cs četnost (number of arguments) · fr arité (number of arguments) · ga nárthacht (number of arguments) · fi paikkaluku (number of arguments) · eo kapacito de operacio (number of arguments) · sv aritet (number of arguments) · nb aritet (number of arguments) · el τάξη (number of arguments) · pt aridade (number of arguments) · sh mjesnost (number of arguments) · nl ariteit (number of arguments) · cs arita (number of arguments) · fi muuttujamäärä (number of arguments) · da aritet (number of arguments) · es aridad (number of arguments) · ru а́рность (number of arguments) · pl argumentowość (number of arguments) · sh aritet (number of arguments) · fi argumenttien lukumäärä (number of arguments) · io parametro -op (number of arguments) · cmn 元数 (number of arguments) · is stæðafjöldi (number of arguments) · fi argumenttimäärä (number of arguments) · eo loknombro (number of arguments) · nl plaatsigheid (number of arguments) · el βαθμός (number of arguments) · ru число́ аргуме́нтов (number of arguments) · de Stelligkeit (number of arguments) · sv ställighet (number of arguments)