Definition of unary in English:
unary
adjective ˈjuːnəriˈjunəri
(especially of a mathematical operation) consisting of or involving a single component or element.
Example sentencesExamples
- Whereas unary operator types use only one variable, binary operator types work with two variables.
- The unary representation of decimal 1,000,000 needs only one type of symbol, but that symbol is repeated a million times.
- For one thing, the hazard that plagues the unary counter is still present: A signal might fail to register at the input port, so that the state of the counter would remain unchanged.
- In 1904 he gave axioms for a Boolean algebra, then later, in 1933, he showed that a Boolean algebra could be defined in terms of a single binary and a single unary operation.
- The Turing machines do unary multiplications.
Definition of unary in US English:
unary
adjectiveˈyo͞onərēˈjunəri
(especially of a mathematical operation) consisting of or involving a single component or element.
Example sentencesExamples
- The Turing machines do unary multiplications.
- Whereas unary operator types use only one variable, binary operator types work with two variables.
- For one thing, the hazard that plagues the unary counter is still present: A signal might fail to register at the input port, so that the state of the counter would remain unchanged.
- The unary representation of decimal 1,000,000 needs only one type of symbol, but that symbol is repeated a million times.
- In 1904 he gave axioms for a Boolean algebra, then later, in 1933, he showed that a Boolean algebra could be defined in terms of a single binary and a single unary operation.