nullary

English

Etymology

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English null

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusder.

Middle English -arie

English -ary

English nullary

From null + -ary.

Adjective

nullary (not comparable)

1. (mathematics, of a function) Taking no entries; having trivial domain; having the arity of zero.
2. (programming, of a function, procedure, command, etc.) Taking no arguments.

Synonyms

• niladic
• zeroary

Derived terms

• nullary sum

Translations

mathematics, of a function: taking no entries

• Finnish: vakio- (constant), argumentiton
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: nullär
• Icelandic: núllstæður m
• Polish: bezargumentowy
• Romanian: nular

programming, of a function: taking no arguments

• Finnish: argumentiton
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: nullär
• Icelandic: núllstæður m
• Polish: bezargumentowy
• Romanian: nular