A projection operator is idempotent.
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Idempotent
//ˌaɪ.dəmˈpoʊ.tənt//
Synonyms for "idempotent" (3 found)
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19 translations across 15 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 冪等 /幂等 adj (mathematics: an action which, when performed multiple time, has no further effect on its subject after the first time it is performed)
- 冪等 /幂等 adj (mathematics: Said of an element of an algebraic structure with a binary operation: that when the element operates on itself, the result is equal to itself)
Czech
1 entries- idempotentní adj (mathematics: an action which, when performed multiple time, has no further effect on its subject after the first time it is performed)
Danish
1 entries- idempotent adj (mathematics: an action which, when performed multiple time, has no further effect on its subject after the first time it is performed)
Esperanto
2 entries- idempotento adj (mathematics: an action which, when performed multiple time, has no further effect on its subject after the first time it is performed)
- idempotento adj (mathematics: Said of an element of an algebraic structure with a binary operation: that when the element operates on itself, the result is equal to itself)
Finnish
3 entries- idempotentti adj (mathematics: an action which, when performed multiple time, has no further effect on its subject after the first time it is performed)
- idempotentti adj (mathematics: Said of an element of an algebraic structure with a binary operation: that when the element operates on itself, the result is equal to itself)
- idempotentti adj (Said of a binary operation: that all of the distinct elements it can operate on are idempotent)
French
1 entries- idempotent adj (mathematics: an action which, when performed multiple time, has no further effect on its subject after the first time it is performed)
German
1 entries- idempotent adj (mathematics: an action which, when performed multiple time, has no further effect on its subject after the first time it is performed)
Greek
1 entries- ταυτοδύναμος adj (mathematics: Said of an element of an algebraic structure with a binary operation: that when the element operates on itself, the result is equal to itself)
Icelandic
1 entries- sjálfvalda adj (mathematics: an action which, when performed multiple time, has no further effect on its subject after the first time it is performed)
Japanese
1 entries- 冪等 adj (mathematics: an action which, when performed multiple time, has no further effect on its subject after the first time it is performed)
Polish
1 entries- idempotentny adj (mathematics: an action which, when performed multiple time, has no further effect on its subject after the first time it is performed)
Russian
1 entries- идемпоте́нтный adj (mathematics: an action which, when performed multiple time, has no further effect on its subject after the first time it is performed)
Spanish
1 entries- idempotente adj (mathematics: Said of an element of an algebraic structure with a binary operation: that when the element operates on itself, the result is equal to itself)
Swedish
1 entries- idempotent adj (mathematics: an action which, when performed multiple time, has no further effect on its subject after the first time it is performed)
Turkish
1 entries- idempotent adj (mathematics: an action which, when performed multiple time, has no further effect on its subject after the first time it is performed)
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An HTTP request using the PUT verb should be idempotent, so that it can be sent to the server any number of times with the same end result.
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Every finite semigroup has an idempotent element.
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Every group has a unique idempotent element: namely, its identity element.
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