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Arity vs Finitary - What's the difference?

arity | finitary |

As a noun arity

is (logic|mathematics|computer science) the number of arguments or operands a function or operation takes for a relation, the number of domains in the corresponding cartesian product.

As an adjective finitary is

of a function, taking a finite number of arguments to produce an output.

arity

English

Noun

(wikipedia arity) (arities)
  • (logic, mathematics, computer science) The number of arguments or operands a function or operation takes. For a relation, the number of domains in the corresponding Cartesian product.

    • Synonyms

    * (number of arguments) adinity, adicity, type, rank

    finitary

    English

    Adjective

    (wikipedia finitary) (-)
  • Of a function, taking a finite number of arguments to produce an output.
  • (label) Pertaining to finite-length proofs, each using a finite set of axioms.

    • Antonyms

    * infinitary

    See also

    * arity