noun Download 🔗Share The unary numeral system; the bijective base-1 numeral system. Examples : "The teacher explained that while decimal numbers use place values, unary only uses the quantity of symbols, like tally marks, to represent a number. " number math system computing logic Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Unary coding, an entropy encoding for natural numbers. Examples : "Unary is useful for representing small numbers efficiently in certain data compression algorithms. " computing math technology number technical logic science statistics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Consisting of or involving a single element or component. Examples : "The plus sign in "+5" is a unary operator because it only applies to the single number 5. " math science technical computing number logic Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (computer engineering) Of an operation, function, procedure or logic gate, taking exactly one operand, argument, parameter or input; having domain of dimension 1. Examples : "Negation is a unary operation." computing technology electronics technical logic machine function Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading