-adic

See also: adic

English

Etymology

Back-formation from monadic., etc., from Ancient Greek -άς (-ás) (genitive -άδος (-ádos)) + -ικός (-ikós) (English -ad + -ic). Compare related adicity and Latinate -ary.

Suffix

-adic

(mathematics computing) Having a specified adicity.

Usage notes

Combined with prefixes derived (usually) from Greek names for numbers to make adjectives meaning "having a certain number of arguments" (said of functions, relations, etc, in mathematics and functions, operators, etc, in computing).

Synonyms

(adicity): -ary

Related terms

terms related to -adic

decadic
duadic
dyadic
enneadic
heptadic
hexadic
monadic
n-adic

niladic
nonadic
octadic
p-adic
pentadic
polyadic
tetradic
triadic
variadic

Translations

having a number of arguments

Hungarian: -adikus

Italian: -adico

Anagrams

ACID, Daic, acid, cadi, caid