unary
IPA: ʌnɝi
noun
- (mathematics) The unary, or bijective base-1, numeral system.
- (information theory) Unary coding, an entropy encoding for natural numbers.
adjective
- Consisting of or involving a single element or component.
- (mathematics, programming, computer engineering) Of an operation, function, procedure, or logic gate, taking exactly one operand, argument, parameter, or input; having domain of dimension 1.
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Examples of "unary" in Sentences
- The advantage of unary templates is obvious.
- In computer science, a unary operator is a subset of unary function.
- A straight forward way to extend C amp;C in this fashion is to transform the grammar so that all productions are either unary or binary.