ar·i·ty (âr??-t?)n. pl. ar·i·ties The number of arguments or operands taken by a function or operator.[-ar(y) (as in binary ternary) + -ity.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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-arysuff.1. Of or relating to: bacillary.2. One that relates to or is connected with: boundary.[Middle English -arie, from Old French, from Latin -?rius, adj. and n. suff.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.-ary suffix 1. (forming adjectives) of; related to; belonging to: cautionary; rudimentary. 2. (forming nouns) a. a person connected with or engaged in: missionary. b. a thing relating to; a place for: commentary; aviary. [from Latin -?rius, -?ria, -?rium]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014-ary a suffix with the general sense ?pertaining to, connected with? the referent named by the base, occurring orig. in loanwords from Latin, as adjectives (elementary; honorary), personal nouns (secretary), or nouns denoting objects, esp. receptacles or places (library; glossary); in English it sometimes has the additional senses ?contributing to,? ?for the purpose of,? usu. forming adjectives: complimentary; inflationary. [Middle English -arie