unary

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Consisting of or involving a single element or component.
2. (not-comparable) Of an operation, function, procedure, or logic gate, taking exactly one operand, argument, parameter, or input; having domain of dimension 1.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The unary, or bijective base-1, numeral system.
2. (countable, uncountable) Unary coding, an entropy encoding for natural numbers.

Synonyms

monadic

simplex

Translations

unaire

unari

einstellig

einwertig

unär

à un argument

birli

أحادي

tekli

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈjuːnəɹi/

Etymology

From Latin ūnus (“one”) + -ary, on the pattern of binary, ternary, etc.