Definitions For Idempotence

Noun

IDEMPOTENCE (uncountable) (mathematics, computing) A quality of an action such that repetitions of the action have no further effect on outcome – being idempotent.

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Finnish: idempotenssi French: idempotence, f Greek: ταυτοδυναµία, f, sc=Grek Hungarian: idempotencia Macedonian: идемпотенција, f Russian: идемпоте́нтность, f Spanish: idempotencia, f

Etymology

roots, idem + potence Coined by 19th century American mathematician in context of algebra.Polcino & Sehgal (2002), p. 127

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