English Explanatory Dictionary

unary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Consisting of or involving a single element or component.
  2. Of an operation, function, procedure, or logic gate, taking exactly one operand, argument, parameter, or input; having domain of dimension 1.
noun
  1. The unary, or bijective base-1, numeral system.
  2. Unary coding, an entropy encoding for natural numbers.

Pronunciation

/ˈjuːnəɹi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-unary.wav

Word forms

unary unaries

Etymology

From Latin ūnus (“one”) + -ary, on the pattern of binary, ternary, etc.

Derived words

unary operation unary operator
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