单词 | unary |
释义 | † unaryn. Obsolete. rare. A unit. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > [noun] > one thing singularityc1374 simple1483 one1543 othing1555 unary1576 item1578 unity1587 single1646 individual1659 1576 A. Fleming tr. J. Caius Of Eng. Dogges 36 This country was cleerely discharged of rauenyng wolfes, and none at all left, no, not to the least number, or the beginnyng of a number, which is an Vnari. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2021). unaryadj. 1. Chemistry. Of a chemical system: consisting of a single component. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical properties > [adjective] > of or relating to miscellaneous other properties sweet1666 nimble1671 watery1741 unvitriolized1757 greedy1758 unneutralized1758 unvitrifiable1758 free1783 fixed1800 nascent1800 inorganic1831 assimilative1837 unnitrogenized1846 inactive1848 kaligenous1854 unacceptant1866 aggressive1888 oligodynamic1893 chromotropic1899 undissociated1899 osmophoric1901 thermochromic1904 unary1923 non-stoichiometric1943 odoriphoric1944 slow-release1946 sonoluminescent1961 uniaxial1965 1923 A. C. D. Rivett Phase Rule i. 25 For systems of one, two, three, four, five (and so on) components, one uses the terms unary, binary, ternary, quaternary, quinary (and so on), respectively. 1980 Mineral. Abstr. XXXI. 311/1 Sixteen possible configurations of phase diagrams have been deduced for unary four-phase multi~systems. 2. Mathematics, Logic, and Linguistics. Of an operator, operation, or transformation: involving or operating on a single element. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > transformation > [adjective] > having specific correspondence orthogonal1852 permutational1888 isomorphic1892 birational1894 unary1931 homomorphic1935 symplectic1939 involutory1941 injective1952 monomorphic1958 bijective1962 surjective1964 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > predicate or propositional logic > [adjective] > of a function, operator, or variable predicative1906 unary1931 inclusive1940 one-argument1941 functorial1945 the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic relations > [adjective] > change of word order or position > specifically in transformational grammar > specific features of recursive1955 unary1965 postcyclic1967 post-cyclical1967 1931 Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 37 487 Let p be the result of an undefined unary operation on a K-element p, and p + q the result of an undefined binary operation on the K-elements p, q. 1940 W. V. Quine Math. Logic i. 13 Conjunction and alternation are binary, in that they combine statements two at a time. But denial..is singulary. [Note] The series of adjectives ‘binary’, ‘ternary’, ‘quaternary’, ‘quinary’,..leaves mathematicians in a quandary when n = 1. It is customary to stammer out some such makeshift as ‘unary’ or ‘uninary’ or ‘unitary’. But the proper word is apparent if we reflect that the series of Latin distributives ‘bini’, ‘terni’, ‘quaterni’, ‘quini’,..begins with ‘singuli’. 1961 Jrnl. Assoc. Computing Machinery 8 579 The five binary arithmetic operators (↑, ×, /, +, −), the two unary arithmetic operators (+, −). 1965 Language 41 270 Robert Stockwell has described rules that indicate the colorless patterns for kernel sentences and unary transformations. 1968 J. J. C. Smart Between Sci. & Philos. ii. 24 ‘Not’ can be thought of as a unary sentence connective. 1973 C. W. Gear Introd. Computer Sci. iii. 104 The unary arithmetic operators take precedence over all of the binary operators and must be performed first. 1976 J. S. Gruber Lexical Struct. Syntax & Semantics ii. i. 266 If the treatment is through a unary transformation that alters structure, the dependency of the transformation on apparently semantic factors becomes a matter of graver theoretical consequences. 3. Composed of a single item or element. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > [adjective] > consisting of one thing onefolda1500 unique1609 unary1968 1968 P. M. Postal Aspects Phonol. Theory i. 13 Natural languages have structures which are such that the markers on every level can be looked upon as sets (sometimes unary sets) of strings of elements. 1968 Amer. Documentation Jan. 73/1 Items are either unary or multiple, depending upon whether they are composed of a single piece of information (which may itself be composed of any number of characters or words) or of two or more separate pieces of information. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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