nullipotent

adj

Etymology

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

  1. derived from potens — “powerful, strong, potent
  2. inherited from potent
  3. compounded as nullipotent — “la:nullus + potent

Definitions

  1. Describing an action which has no side effect. Queries are typically nullipotent

    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

    Incapable of developing into any cell type; compare pluripotent

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for nullipotent. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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