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unary
unary (ˈjuːnərɪ) adjconsisting of, or affecting, a single element or component; monadic[C16 (in the obsolete sense: a unit): from Latin unus one + -ary]Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. |  unary - consisting of or involving a single element or component; "in a unary operation in a mathematical system one element is used to yield a single result"single - existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual; "upon the hill stood a single tower"; "had but a single thought which was to escape"; "a single survivor"; "a single serving"; "a single lens"; "a single thickness" |
unary
unary (programming)(or "monadic") A description of afunction or operator which takes one argument, e.g. theunary minus operator which negates its argument. The term ispart of the same sequence as nullary and binary.unary (data, humour)Base one. A number base with only onedigit, namely zero, and which can therefore only be used toexpress the number zero. Attempting to add one to zeroresults in an infinite sequence of carries. Numbers in unarynotation can be represented particularly efficiently howeversince each digit requires no storage.unaryMeaning one; a single entity or operation, or an expression that requires only one operand.unary
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