arity

English

Etymology

From -ary, based on a Latin root. Compare adicity and adinity, based on the corresponding Greek root.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈæɹɪɾij/, /ˈeəɹɪɾij/

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Noun

Wikipedia arity (plural arities)

1. (logic, mathematics, computer science) The number of arguments or operands a function or operation takes. For a relation, the number of domains in the corresponding Cartesian product.

Synonyms

• (number of arguments) adinity, adicity, type, rank

Translations

number of arguments

Croatian: aritet (hr) m., mjesnost (hr) f. Czech: arita (cs) f., četnost (cs) f. Dutch: ariteit (nl) f., plaatsigheid (nl) f. French: arité (fr) m.

German: Stelligkeit (de) f. Icelandic: stæðafjöldi (is) m. Ido: parametro (io) -op Polish: argumentowość f. Russian: арность (ru) f., число операндов (ru), число аргументов (ru)