noun Download 🔗Share An idempotent element. Examples : "In programming, setting a variable to zero is an idempotent; doing it multiple times has the same effect as doing it once. " math computing logic Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An idempotent structure. Examples : "The simple light switch in your house is an example of an idempotent: flipping it twice in a row from the 'on' position leaves the light on, and flipping it twice from the 'off' position leaves the light off. " math computing logic structure science system function technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Said of a function: describing an action which, when performed multiple times on the same subject, has no further effect on its subject after the first time it is performed. Examples : "The "mute" button on our video call is idempotent: pressing it multiple times won't make you any more muted than pressing it once. " technology computing math logic function Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Said of an element of an algebraic structure with a binary operation (such as a group or semigroup): when the element operates on itself, the result is equal to itself. Examples : "Every group has a unique idempotent element: namely, its identity element." math logic theory technical system function structure computing element science Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Said of a binary operation: that all of the distinct elements it can operate on are idempotent (in the sense given just above). Examples : "Since the AND logical operator is commutative, associative, and idempotent, then it distributes with respect to itself." math logic technical computing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Said of an algebraic structure: having an idempotent operation (in the sense above). Examples : "The light switch is designed to be idempotent; flipping it once turns the light on, and flipping it again while it's already on does nothing. " math logic technical computing science Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
