unambiguous

English

Etymology

un- +‎ ambiguous

Adjective

unambiguous (comparative more unambiguous, superlative most unambiguous)

1. clear, and having no uncertainty or ambiguity
   • 1965 July, Donald Knuth, “On the Translation of Languages from Left to Right”^[1], Information and Control, volume 8, pages 707–639: 

     An LR(k) grammar is clearly unambiguous, since the definition
     implies every derivation tree must have the same handle, and by induc-
     tion there is only one possible tree. It is interesting to point out further-
     more that nearly every grammar which is known to be unambiguous is
     either an LR(k) grammar, or (dually) is a right-to-left translatable
     grammar, or is some grammar which is translated using "both ends to-
     ward the middle." Thus, the LR(k) condition may be regarded as the most
     powerful general test for nonambiguity that is now available.

Antonyms

• ambiguous

Related terms

• unambiguity

Translations

clear, and having no uncertainty or ambiguity

• Czech: jednoznačný (cs) m
• Dutch: ondubbelzinnig (nl)
• French: sans équivoque (fr)
• German: eindeutig (de)
• Irish: gan athbhrí (ga), gan débhrí (ga), soiléir (ga), glan soiléir (ga)
• Italian: univoco (it) m

• Macedonian: недвосмислен (mk) (nedvósmislen) m, јасен (mk) (jásen) m, еднозначен (mk) (ednóznačen) m
• Persian: روشن (fa) (rowšan), بي ابهام (fa) (bi ebhām)
• Polish: jednoznaczny (pl)
• Romanian: clar (ro) m and n, neechivoc (ro) m and n, precis (ro) m and n, neambiguu (ro) m and n, univoc (ro)
• Spanish: carente de ambigüedad m and f