different between repetition vs idempotence

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin repetitionem (accusative singular of repetitio; cf. French répétition). Doublet of repetitio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p??t???n/

Noun

repetition (countable and uncountable, plural repetitions)

1. The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated.

   • Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed.

2. (weightlifting): The act of performing a single, controlled exercise motion. A group of repetitions is a set.

   Synonym: rep

Synonyms

• (act of repeating): See Thesaurus:repetition
• (instance of repeating): recurrence, reiteration; see also Thesaurus:reoccurrence

Related terms

• repetitious

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See also

• have seen this movie

Etymology 2

re- +? petition

Alternative forms

• re-petition

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?p??t???n/

Verb

repetition (third-person singular simple present repetitions, present participle repetitioning, simple past and past participle repetitioned)

1. To petition again.
   • 2011, Anneke Campbell, Thomas Lizney, Be the Change (page 7)

     The group went through several rounds at different courts, petitioning and repetitioning, losing again and again.

Anagrams

• petitioner

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin repet?ti?.

Noun

repetition c

1. repetition; the act of repeating
2. rehearsal

Declension

Derived terms

• generalrepetition

Related terms

• repetera

Further reading

• repetition in Svensk ordbok.

English

Etymology

Latin roots, idem (“same”) +? potence (“the quality of having power”) – literally, “the quality of having the same power”.

Coined by 19th century American mathematician Benjamin Peirce in context of algebra.

Noun

idempotence (uncountable)

1. (mathematics, computing) A quality of an action such that repetitions of the action have no further effect on outcome – being idempotent.

Related terms

• fixed point
• idempotent
• impotence
• nilpotence
• nilpotent
• nullipotence
• nullipotent
• omnipotence
• potence
• potency
• potential
• unipotence
• unipotent

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