noun🔗Share幂等元 An idempotent element."In programming, setting a variable to zero is an idempotent; doing it multiple times has the same effect as doing it once. "在编程中，将一个变量设为零就是一个幂等元；做一次和做多次的效果是一样的。mathcomputinglogicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share幂等结构 An idempotent structure."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. "你家里的普通电灯开关就是一个幂等结构的例子：如果灯是亮的，连续拨动两次开关仍然是亮；如果灯是灭的，连续拨动两次开关仍然是灭的。mathcomputinglogicstructuresciencesystemfunctiontechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share幂等的 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."The "mute" button on our video call is idempotent: pressing it multiple times won't make you any more muted than pressing it once. "我们视频通话中的“静音”按钮是幂等的：按多次和按一次的效果完全一样，不会让你比按一次更静音。technologycomputingmathlogicfunctionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share幂等。 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."Every group has a unique idempotent element: namely, its identity element."每个群都有一个唯一的幂等元素：也就是它的单位元。mathlogictheorytechnicalsystemfunctionstructurecomputingelementscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share幂等的 Said of a binary operation: that all of the distinct elements it can operate on are idempotent (in the sense given just above)."Since the AND logical operator is commutative, associative, and idempotent, then it distributes with respect to itself."由于“与”逻辑运算符具有交换律、结合律和幂等性，因此它对自身具有分配律。mathlogictechnicalcomputingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share等幂的，幂等的 Said of an algebraic structure: having an idempotent operation (in the sense above)."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. "这个灯开关被设计成具有幂等性；按一下灯亮，再按一下（灯已经亮着的情况下）也不会有任何改变。mathlogictechnicalcomputingscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
