polyadic

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polyadic (ˌpɒlɪˈædɪk) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
logic, maths (of a relation, operation, etc) having several argument places, as … movesfromto …, which might be represented as Mpox1y1z1t1x2y2z2t2 where p names a person, o an object, and each t a time, and each the coordinates of a place
 
[C20: modelled on monadic]

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