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Arity vs Monadic - What's the difference?

arity | monadic |

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 monadic is

(philosophy) of or relating to a monad.

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

    monadic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (philosophy) of or relating to a monad
  • (chemistry) univalent
  • (biology) of or relating to the Monas genus of microorganisms
  • (mathematics) having an arity of one (taking a single argument or operand)

    • Derived terms

    * monadic predicate logic

    Related terms

    * monad

    See also

    * dyadic * triadic * polyadic

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    Anagrams

    * English words suffixed with -adic