arity

A technical term in mathematics and computer science referring to the number of arguments or operands that a function or operation can take.

• 🇩🇪Technischer Begriff in Mathematik und Informatik für die Anzahl der Argumente oder Operanden, die eine Funktion oder Operation annehmen kann.

1. Number of arguments C1 formal IT

   The number of arguments or operands that a function or operation takes.

   • The arity of the addition function is two.
   • In programming, a function's arity determines how many parameters it expects.
   • The operator's arity can be unary, binary, or ternary.

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   Synonyme: valencevalency