idempotence en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈaɪdəmˌpoʊtəns/ (US)
- /ˌɪdɛmˈpəʊtəns/ (UK)
Etymology
Latin 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.
Meanings
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(uncountable) A quality of an action such that repetitions of the action have no further effect on the outcome; the state of being idempotent.
The proof (Tables 9 and 10) of idempotence for both OR and AND follows from examining the definition of each operation under the constraint that both inputs have the same value.
2022 August 4, William Bahn, “Boolean Algebra Laws—Delving Into Boolean Identities”, in All About Circuits:
Forms
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| idempotency | alternative | lexicographic |
Relateds
potence · potency · unipotence · nullipotence · idempotent · unipotent · nullipotent · fixed point · omnipotence · nilpotence · potential · impotence · nilpotent
Translations (9)
hu idempotencia (quality of an action such that repetitions of the action have no further effect on outcome – being idempotent) · fr idempotence (quality of an action such that repetitions of the action have no further effect on outcome – being idempotent) · fi idempotenssi (quality of an action such that repetitions of the action have no further effect on outcome – being idempotent) · cmn 冪等 /幂等 (quality of an action such that repetitions of the action have no further effect on outcome – being idempotent) · mk идемпотенција (quality of an action such that repetitions of the action have no further effect on outcome – being idempotent) · ru идемпоте́нтность (quality of an action such that repetitions of the action have no further effect on outcome – being idempotent) · es idempotencia (quality of an action such that repetitions of the action have no further effect on outcome – being idempotent) · el ταυτοδυναμία (quality of an action such that repetitions of the action have no further effect on outcome – being idempotent) · kk идемпотенттік (quality of an action such that repetitions of the action have no further effect on outcome – being idempotent)