nullipotent

/N AH1 L IH1 P AH0 T AH0 N T/
adjective
  1. 1

    (mathematics, computing) 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. 2

    (biology) Incapable of developing into any cell type; compare pluripotent

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