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nullary sum en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. An empty sum.
    • These concepts are expressed by sum types, specifically the binary sum, which offers a choice of two things, and the nullary sum, which offers a choice of no things. 2012, Robert Harper, Practical Foundations for Programming Languages, →ISBN, page 86:

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