idempotence

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• UK: /ˌɪdɛmˈpəʊtəns/
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Latin roots, idem (“same”) + potence (“the quality of having power”) – literally, “the quality of having the same power”. Coined by 19th century American mathematician Benjamin Peirce in context of algebra.

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 冪等 /幂等 (mìděng) — quality of an action such that repetitions of the action have no further effect on outcome – being idempotent
• Finnish: idempotenssi — quality of an action such that repetitions of the action have no further effect on outcome – being idempotent
• French: idempotence — quality of an action such that repetitions of the action have no further effect on outcome – being idempotent
• Greek: ταυτοδυναμία (taftodynamía) — quality of an action such that repetitions of the action have no further effect on outcome – being idempotent
• Hungarian: idempotencia — quality of an action such that repetitions of the action have no further effect on outcome – being idempotent
• Kazakh: идемпотенттік (idempotenttık) — quality of an action such that repetitions of the action have no further effect on outcome – being idempotent
• Macedonian: идемпотенција (idempotencija) — quality of an action such that repetitions of the action have no further effect on outcome – being idempotent
• Russian: идемпоте́нтность (idempoténtnostʹ) — quality of an action such that repetitions of the action have no further effect on outcome – being idempotent
• Spanish: idempotencia — quality of an action such that repetitions of the action have no further effect on outcome – being idempotent