-adic

See also: adic

English

Etymology

Back-formation from monadic., etc., from Ancient Greek -άς (-ás) (genitive -άδος (-ádos)) + -ικός (-ikós) (English -ad + -ic). Compare related adicity and Latinate -ary.

Suffix

-adic

1. (mathematics computing) Having a specified adicity.

Usage notes

Combined with prefixes derived (usually) from Greek names for numbers to make adjectives meaning "having a certain number of arguments" (said of functions, relations, etc, in mathematics and functions, operators, etc, in computing).

Synonyms

• (adicity): -ary

Related terms

terms related to -adic

• decadic
• duadic
• dyadic
• enneadic
• heptadic
• hexadic
• monadic
• n-adic

• niladic
• nonadic
• octadic
• p-adic
• pentadic
• polyadic
• tetradic
• triadic
• variadic

Translations

having a number of arguments

• Hungarian: -adikus
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: -adico

See also

• Appendix:English arities and adicities

Anagrams

• ACID, Daic, acid, cadi, caid