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English
Etymology
mono- + -oid
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Noun
monoid (plural monoids)
- (algebra, functional programming) A set which is closed under an associative binary operation, and which contains an element which is an identity for the operation.
2023, Michael Pilquist, Rúnar Bjarnason, Paul Chiusano, Functional programming with Scala, Second edition, Shelter Island: Manning Publications Co, →ISBN:Just like any abstraction, a monoid is useful to the extent we can write useful generic code assuming only the capabilities provided by the abstraction.
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Adjective
monoid (not comparable)
- (prosody) Containing only one kind of metrical foot.
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Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
monoid m inan
- monoid
Declension
Declension of monoid (hard masculine inanimate)
Further reading
- monoid in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
monoid m (Cyrillic spelling моноид)
- monoid