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”, in Information and Control, volume 8, pages 639-707:

     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

• Catalan: inequívoc
• Czech: jednoznačný (cs)
• Dutch: ondubbelzinnig (nl)
• Finnish: yksikäsitteinen
• French: sans équivoque
• German: eindeutig (de)
• Greek: αναμφίσημος (el) (anamfísimos), αναμφίβολος (el) (anamfívolos), αναμφίλεκτος (el) (anamfílektos), αναντίρρητος (el) (anantírritos), ευκρινής (el) (efkrinís), σαφής (el) (safís)

  Ancient: ἀδιάκριτος (adiákritos)

• Hungarian: egyértelmű (hu)
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• Indonesian: awataksa
• Irish: gan athbhrí, gan débhrí, soiléir, glan soiléir
• Italian: univoco (it)
• Macedonian: недвосмислен (nedvosmislen), јасен (jasen), еднозначен (ednoznačen)
• Persian: روشن (fa) (rowšan), بی ابهام (bi ebhām)
• Polish: jednoznaczny (pl)
• Portuguese: inambíguo
• Romanian: clar (ro), neechivoc, precis (ro), neambiguu, univoc (ro)
• Russian: недвусмы́сленный (ru) (nedvusmýslennyj)
• Spanish: carente de ambigüedad