n-tuple

[en-too-puhl, -tyoo-, -tuhp-uhl; en-too-puhl, -tyoo-]

n-tu·ple

[en-too-puhl, -tyoo-, -tuhp-uhl; en-too-puhl, -tyoo-]
noun Mathematics.
a set of n objects or quantities, where n is an integer, especially such a set arranged in a specified order (ordered n-tuple).

Origin:
N (symbol, def. 5) + -tuple (extracted from words such as quintuple, octuple)
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N-tuple is always a great word to know.
So is difference. Does it mean:
occurring in a manner independent of some variable, parameter or function: a uniform bound
the amount by which one quantity is greater or less than another
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n-tuple
 
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logic, maths an ordered set of n elements

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