ordered n tuple

noun

Mathematics, See under n-tuple.

Origin:
1960–65

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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

—n
	logic, maths an ordered set of n elements

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