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partial functions

partial functions is the plural of partial function.

Meaning of partial function

Noun

partial function (plural partial functions)

  1. A function whose domain is a subset of the set on which it is formally defined; i.e., a function f: X→Y for which values f(x) are defined only for x ∈ W, where W ⊆ X.
    • 1967 [John Wiley & Sons], Stephen Cole Kleene, Mathematical Logic, 2002, Dover, page 244,
      The Church-Turing thesis applies to partial functions on the same grounds as to total functions (§ 41).

Questions about partial functions

What is partial functions the plural of?
Partial functions is the plural of partial function.

Words near partial functions in the dictionary

  1. partial fraction
  2. partial fractions
  3. partial function
  4. partial function application
  5. partial function applications
  6. partial functions
  7. partial indulgence
  8. partial indulgences
  9. partial object
  10. partial objects
  11. partial order

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