"nullary sum" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2012, Robert Harper, Practical Foundations for Programming Languages, →ISBN, page 86:",
          "text": "These concepts are expressed by sum types, specifically the binary sum, which offers a choice of two things, and the nullary sum, which offers a choice of no things.",
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        "An empty sum."
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        "(arithmetic) An empty sum."
      ],
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        "arithmetic"
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  "word": "nullary sum"
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        "An empty sum."
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        "(arithmetic) An empty sum."
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