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nullipotent

nullipotent adjective: describing an action which has no side effect. Queries are typically nullipotent: they return useful data, but do not change the data structure queried. Contrast with idempotent.

Adjective

nullipotent (not comparable)

  1. Describing an action which has no side effect. Queries are typically nullipotent: they return useful data, but do not change the data structure queried. Contrast with idempotent.
  2. Incapable of developing into any cell type; compare pluripotent

Origin of nullipotent

Latin roots, Latin nullus (“not any”) + potent (“having power”) – literally, “having no power”.

Questions about nullipotent

What does nullipotent mean?
Nullipotent means describing an action which has no side effect. Queries are typically nullipotent: they return useful data, but do not change the data structure queried. Contrast with idempotent.
What part of speech is nullipotent?
Nullipotent is an adjective.

Words near nullipotent in the dictionary

  1. nullipore
  2. nullipores
  3. nulliporous
  4. nullipotence
  5. nullipotency
  6. nullipotent
  7. nullips
  8. nullish
  9. nullism
  10. nullisome
  11. nullisomes

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