idempotence

English

Etymology

Latin roots, idem (“same”) +‎ potence (“the quality of having power”) – literally, “the quality of having the same power”.

Coined by 19th century American mathematician Benjamin Peirce in context of algebra.

Noun

Wikipedia idempotence (uncountable)

1. (mathematics, computing) A quality of an action such that repetitions of the action have no further effect on outcome – being idempotent.

Related terms

• idempotent
• nilpotence
• unipotence

Translations

quality

• Finnish: idempotenssi (fi)
• Macedonian: идемпотенција (mk) (idempoténcija) f

• Russian: идемпотентность (ru) (idempoténtnost') f

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