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polyadic

British

/ ˌpɒlɪˈædɪk /

adjective

logic maths (of a relation, operation, etc) having several argument places, as … moves … from … to …, which might be represented as Mpox1y1z1t1x2y2z2t2 where p names a person, o an object, and each t a time, and each < x,y,z > the coordinates of a place

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Etymology

Origin of polyadic

C20: modelled on _monadic

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