IDEMPOTENT


Meaning of IDEMPOTENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈī-dəm-ˌpō-t ə nt ]

adjective

Etymology: Latin idem same + potent-, potens having power — more at potent

Date: 1870

: relating to or being a mathematical quantity which when applied to itself under a given binary operation (as multiplication) equals itself ; also : relating to or being an operation under which a mathematical quantity is idempotent

• idempotent noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.