idempotence

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.[1]

idempotence (uncountable)

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

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