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

• 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

• Irish: nárthacht (ga) f
• Polish: argumentowość f
• Russian: арность (ru) (arnostʹ) f, число операндов (ru) (čislo operandov), число аргументов (ru) (čislo argumentov)
• Serbo-Croatian: aritet (sh) m, mjesnost (sh) f