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unary

/ˈjuːnəɹi/ · noun

Meaning

  1. The unary numeral system; the bijective base-1 numeral system.
  2. Unary coding, an entropy encoding for natural numbers.
  3. Consisting of or involving a single element or component.
  4. (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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