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===Arity=== The number of operands of an operator is called its [[arity]].<ref name="Hazewinkel2001">{{cite book|author=Michiel Hazewinkel|author-link=Michiel Hazewinkel|title=Encyclopaedia of Mathematics, Supplement III|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=47YC2h295JUC&pg=PA3|year=2001|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-4020-0198-7|page=3}}: "Each connective has associated with it a natural number, called its ''rank'', or ''arity''."</ref> Based on arity, operators are chiefly classified as nullary (no operands), [[unary operation|unary]] (1 operand), [[binary operation|binary]] (2 operands), [[ternary operation|ternary]] (3 operands). Higher arities are less frequently denominated through a specific terms, all the more when function composition or [[currying]] can be used to avoid them. Other terms include: {{div col}} * quaternary, tetranary (4) * quinary, quintenary, quinquennary (5) * hexanary, senary, sexenary (6) * septenary (7) * octonary (8) * nonary, novenary (9) * denary (10) * undenary (11) * duodenary (12) * tridecennary (13) * quindenary (15) * vigenary (20) * quadringenary (40) * quinquagenary (50) * sexagenary (60) * septuagenary (70) * octogenary (80) * nonagenary (90) * centenary (100) * sesquicentenary (150) * bicentenary (200) * tercentenary, tricentenary (300) * quadringentenary, quatercentenary (400) * quincentenary (500) * sexcentenary (600) * septcentenary (700) * octocentenary (800) {{div col end}}
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