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-tuple, a. and n. Chiefly Math.|ˈtjuːp(ə)l|
[The ending of quintuple a. and n., etc.]
With preceding algebraic symbol: (an entity or set) consisting of as many parts or elements as indicated by the symbol.
1863Phil. Trans. R. Soc. CLIII. 457 The curve m is a (m-1)n-tuple line on the scroll S(m2, n). 1910Encycl. Brit. I. 615/2 We may regard it as a (2n-1)-tuple linear algebra. 1938Jrnl. Symbolic Logic III. 151 Each function is defined over a subset..of the n-tuples of natural numbers. 1963J. Lyons Structural Semantics ii. 12 In so far as words can be segmented into morphemes, the lexeme can be defined extensionally as the set of all the ordered n-tuples (n≥1) of morphemes (each n-tuple being a word) which are grouped together in setting up the paradigm. 1972Computer Jrnl. XV. 232/1 A structure of a string A is an ordered n-tuple T. |