Unary

/ˈjuːnəɹi/ · adjective

Meaning

Consisting of or involving a single element or component..

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

Her work is a renunciation of the old narrative, a throwing away of the cotton reel, an enunciation of the unary signifier, fort, that is meaningless in itself.

Negation is a unary operation.

Zadeh’s claim is that if the meaning of an expression (X) can be modeling by a fuzzy membership function variable, then the meaning of an expression such as “very X” is simply a membership function over the same variable determined by applying a unary operator to the membership function for X.

On the other hand, blank spaces should not be used for unary operators such as unary minus (−), address of (&), indirection (*), member access (.), increment (++), and decrement (−−).

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