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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A mathematical operation, such as the square root function and complex conjugation, that requires only one operand.
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- noun algebra An
operation taking oneoperand like thesquare ,factorial orabsolute value operation.
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- noun an operation with exactly one operand
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Blend of uni– and binary.]
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