-adic
See also: adic
English edit
Etymology edit
Back-formation from monadic, etc., from Ancient Greek -άς (-ás) (genitive -άδος (-ádos)) + -ικός (-ikós) (English -ad + -ic). Compare related adicity and Latinate -ary.
The algebraic sense is by analogy with p-adic, since equipped with the -adic topology passes to the ring of p-adic numbers under the operation of completion.
Suffix edit
-adic
- (mathematics, computing) Having a specified adicity.
- (algebra, of a topology on a module over a ring , combined with a symbol (here but also often , , or ) representing an ideal of ) Such that the sets (where , a non-negative integer) form a basis for the topology.
Usage notes edit
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).
Since there is a unique -adic topology for any given , one often speaks of the -adic topology on .
Synonyms edit
- (adicity): -ary
Related terms edit
terms related to -adic
Translations edit
having a number of arguments