Definition of UNARY

unary

Plural: unaries

Adjective Satellite

  • consisting of or involving a single element or component
    • "in a unary operation in a mathematical system one element is used to yield a single result"

Adj

  • Consisting of or involving a single element or component.
  • Of an operation, function, procedure, or logic gate, taking exactly one operand, argument, parameter, or input; having domain of dimension 1.

Noun

  • The unary, or bijective base-1, numeral system.
  • Unary coding, an entropy encoding for natural numbers.

Adjective

  • Consisting of or involving a single component or element.

Examples

  • A unary play, like ’A’ by itself, is rarely seen in competitive Words With Friends.
  • Negation is a unary operation.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin ūnus (“one”) + -ary, on the pattern of binary, ternary, etc.

Scrabble Score: 8

unary: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
unary: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
unary: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

unary: valid Words With Friends Word