arity

From -ary (taken from unary/binary/ternary [function/operator]) + -ity. Compare adicity and adinity.

• IPA^(key): /ˈæɹɪti/, /ˈeəɹɪti/

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• Rhymes: -æɹɪti

arity (countable and uncountable, plural arities)

1. (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.
2. (mathematics, computer science) The maximum number of child nodes that any node in a given tree (data structure) may have.
3. (Lojban grammar) the number of arguments (in Lojban grammar called sumti) specified in the definition of a selbri. (the selbri combined with the sumti make up a bridi).

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

• Appendix:English arities and adicities

• -iatry, yatri