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Definition 2024

arity

arity

English

Noun

arity ‎(plural 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.
(mathematics, computer science) The maximum number of child nodes that any node in a given tree (data structure) may have.

Synonyms

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

Translations

number of arguments

Czech: arita (cs) f, četnost f
Dutch: ariteit (nl) f, plaatsigheid (nl) f
French: arité (fr) m
German: Stelligkeit f
Icelandic: stæðafjöldi m
Ido: parametro (io) -op

Irish: nárthacht f
Polish: argumentowość f
Portuguese: aridade f
Russian: а́рность (ru) f ‎(árnostʹ), число́ опера́ндов ‎(čisló operándov), число́ аргуме́нтов ‎(čisló arguméntov)
Serbo-Croatian: aritet m, mjesnost f
Swedish: ställighet c, aritet (sv) c

See also

Appendix:English arities and adicities