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Arity vs Rarity - What's the difference?

arity | rarity |

As nouns the difference between arity and rarity

is that 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 while rarity is a measure of the scarcity of an object.

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

    rarity

    English

    Noun

    (rarities)
  • A measure of the scarcity of an object.
  • (chemistry, of a gas) Thinness; the property of having low density
  • *
  • (senseid)A rare object.
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    • , title= Wild Plants to the Rescue , volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Plant breeding is always a numbers game.

    Synonyms

    * rareness

    Related terms

    * rare * rarely

    References

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