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title: thunder.clang.bitwise_not
canonical: >-
  https://lightning.ai/docs/thunder/stable/api-reference/generated/thunder.clang.bitwise_not
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# thunder.clang.bitwise_not {#thunder-clang-bitwise-not}

### `thunder.clang.bitwise_not(a)` {#thunder.clang.bitwise_not}

[\[source\]](https://github.com/Lightning-AI/lightning-thunder/blob/0.2.6/thunder/core/langctxs.py#L1178-L1184)

Return type:

[`TensorProxy`](/docs/thunder/core/generated/thunder.core.proxies.TensorProxy#thunder.core.proxies.TensorProxy "thunder.core.proxies.TensorProxy") | [`Number`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/numbers.html#numbers.Number "(in Python v3.15)")

Parameters:

**a** ([_thunder.core.proxies.TensorProxy_](/docs/thunder/core/generated/thunder.core.proxies.TensorProxy#thunder.core.proxies.TensorProxy "thunder.core.proxies.TensorProxy") _|_ [_numbers.Number_](https://docs.python.org/3/library/numbers.html#numbers.Number "(in Python v3.15)")) –

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