English Explanatory Dictionary

nullipotent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Describing an action which has no side effect. Queries are typically nullipotent: they return useful data, but do not change the data structure queried. Contrast with idempotent.
  2. Incapable of developing into any cell type; compare pluripotent

Word forms

nullipotent

Etymology

Latin roots, Latin nullus (“not any”) + potent (“having power”) – literally, “having no power”.

Related words

fixed point idempotent impotent nilpotent no-op nullipotence omnipotent pluripotent potent unipotent ventripotent
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