"nullary" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: null + -ary Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|null|ary}} null + -ary Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} nullary (not comparable)
  1. (mathematics, of a function) Taking no entries; having trivial domain; having the arity of zero. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Mathematics, Zero Translations (mathematics, of a function: taking no entries): vakio- (english: constant) (Finnish), argumentiton (Finnish), nullär (German), núllstæður [masculine] (Icelandic), bezargumentowy (Polish), nular (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-nullary-en-adj-1czHzNWM Disambiguation of Zero: 77 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ary Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 63 37 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ary: 72 28 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'mathematics, of a function: taking no entries': 64 36
  2. (programming, of a function, procedure, command, etc.) Taking no arguments. Tags: not-comparable, usually Categories (topical): Programming Translations (programming, of a function: taking no arguments): argumentiton (Finnish), nullär (German), núllstæður [masculine] (Icelandic), bezargumentowy (Polish), nular (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-nullary-en-adj-nIO76aRH Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences Disambiguation of 'programming, of a function: taking no arguments': 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: niladic, zeroary Derived forms: nullary sum

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