consisting of, or affecting, a single element or component; monadic
Word origin
C16 (in the obsolete sense: a unit): from Latin unus one + -ary
unary in American English
(ˈjuːnəri)
adjective
Math
pertaining to a function whose domain is a given set and whose range is contained in that set
Word origin
[1570–80; ‹ L ūn(us) one + -ary, on the model of binary]This word is first recorded in the period 1570–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: balloon, cartridge, duster, huddle, skeleton
Examples of 'unary' in a sentence
unary
It was a mixture of unary fertilizers (ammonium nitrate, superphosphate, potassic salt) or polifoska.
Kazimierz Jankowski, Joanna Jodełka, Jacek Sosnowski 2013, 'THE INFLUENCE OF NITROGEN FERTILIZATION APPLIED IN DIFFERENT DOSES ON FODDER QUALITYOF MEADOW SWARD', Journal of Ecological Engineeringhttp://www.journalssystem.com/jeeng/The-influence-of-nitrogen-fertilization-applied-in-different-doses-on-fodder-quality-of-meadow-sward,97,0,2.html. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Models for multicomponent alloys are built in a methodical approach from quantitative descriptions of unary, binary and ternary subsystems.
Joachim Gröbner, Rainer Schmid-Fetzer 2012, 'Thermodynamic Database for Mg Alloys—Progress in Multicomponent Modeling', Metalshttp://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/2/3/377. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
To improve the consistency of the segmented image, the high-order potentials, instead of unary or pairwise potentials, are adopted.
Xiaoli Zhao, Guozhong Wang, Jiaqi Zhang, Xiang Zhang 2018, 'Scene Understanding Based on High-Order Potentials and Generative Adversarial Networks',Advances in Multimediahttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/8207201. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We investigate combinations of structures by families of structures relative to families of unarypredicates and equivalence relations.
S.V. Sudoplatov 2018, 'Combinations of structures', Известия Иркутского государственного университета: Серия "Математика"http://mathizv.isu.ru/journal/downloadArticle?article=_8848bd478981419cad79759db6925942&lang=eng. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)