-adic

adic English Etymology en monadic, etc., from en grc -άς (genitive grc -άδος) + grc -ικός (English en -ad + en -ic). Compare related en adicity and Latinate en -ary. The algebraic sense is by analogy with en 1 p-adic, since equipped with the -adic topology passes to the ring of p-adic numbers under the operation of completion. Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame--adic.wav US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame--adic.wav US Suffix en suffix adjective-forming suffixes en mathematics computing Having a specified adicity. en algebra of a topology on a module over a ring combined with a symbol (here but also often , , or ) representing an ideal of Such that the sets (where , a non-negative integer) form a basis for the topology. 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). Since there is a unique -adic topology for any given , one often speaks of the -adic topology on . Synonyms adicity en -ary Derived terms en Related terms en 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 Finnish: fi -adinen French: fr -adique German: de -adisch Hungarian: hu -adikus Italian: it -adico Polish: pl Romanian: ro -adic See also Appendix:English arities and adicities Anagrams en acdi ACID Daic acid cadi caid