unary
- adjective
- /ˈjunəˌrē/
- Specialized
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unario
- Some researchers have developed methods for combining patterns and constraints with Markov models. Pachet, Roy, and Barbieri 47 try to solve unary and adjacent binary constraints with Markov models using arc-consistency techniques.
Examples
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So that's that's the the conceptual way to build unary phase diagrams.
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OK, well kutter and car and ink, anchor and double are all unary functions which makes them compatible with a single list to follow it.
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So these binary phase diagrams contain unary phase diagrams.
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A unary association exists when one occurrence of one entity is associated with another occurrence of the same entity.
Academic text (1993) -
In mathematics, a unary operation is one that requires only one operand to perform its function.
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The programmer defined a unary function that modifies each element in the input array.
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For the algorithm to work correctly, it must apply a unary transformation to the data set.
Synonyms
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Relating to a function that takes only one input
Compounds
- Specialized
A system that shows numbers by using one mark for each unit like tally marks
How Many
Surface Forms
Morphology
unary = one (transparent) = uni + ary
The adjective is derived from the combining form meaning 'one' plus -ary, yielding 'relating to a single element', which is straightforward for learners familiar with uni-/one.
Etymology
Unary comes from the Latin unus meaning 'one', the same root as English unit. So a unary operation or function uses only a single input or element, which is why we call it unary.