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Definition of Nullipotent
1. Adjective. (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. ¹
2. Adjective. (biology) Incapable of developing into any cell type; compare pluripotent ¹
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