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adicity

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13
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7
Pronunciation
/æˈdɪsɪti/

Definition of adicity

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The number of arguments or operands a function or operation takes. For a relation, the number of domains in the corresponding Cartesian product.
    “What can be predicted is that the adicity of any syntactic predicate is the same: since its adicity is a grammatical and not a thematic fact, semantic differences between predicates cannot affect their grammatical structure.”
    “2007, Helier J. Robinson, Relation Philosophy of Mathematics, Science, and Mind, Sharebooks Publishing, 2nd Edition, page 68, We have seen that every relation, without exception, necessarily has a term set, and the necessary properties of simplicity and an adicity: relations without these are impossible, merely nominal.”
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noun

  1. The number of arguments or operands a function or operation takes. For a relation, the number of domains in the corresponding Cartesian product.
    “What can be predicted is that the adicity of any syntactic predicate is the same: since its adicity is a grammatical and not a thematic fact, semantic differences between predicates cannot affect their grammatical structure.”
    “2007, Helier J. Robinson, Relation Philosophy of Mathematics, Science, and Mind, Sharebooks Publishing, 2nd Edition, page 68, We have seen that every relation, without exception, necessarily has a term set, and the necessary properties of simplicity and an adicity: relations without these are impossible, merely nominal.”
  2. (obsolete)Valence.

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Etymology

From -adic (taken from monadic/dyadic/triadic [function/operator]) + -ity, or alternatively from -ad (taken from monad/duad/triad) + -icity. Compare Latinate equivalent arity, based on -ary.

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