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n-ary function

(definition)

Definition: (1) A function with exactly n arguments. (2) A function which takes any number of arguments, or a variable number of arguments.

See also constant function, unary function, binary function, trinary function.

Note: By analogy with unary, binary, etc.

Author: PEB


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Paul E. Black, "n-ary function", in Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Vreda Pieterse and Paul E. Black, eds. 17 December 2004. (accessed TODAY) Available from: http://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/naryfunc.html