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combinatorial, a. Math.|ˌkɒmbɪnəˈtɔərɪəl|
[f. as next + -al1.]
Of or relating to (mathematical) combinations; esp. in combinatorial analysis. Hence combinatoriˈality, combinaˈtorially adv.
1818P. Nicholson (title), Essays on the Combinatorial Analysis. 1842De Morgan Diff. Calculus 337 The combinatorial analysis is analysis by means of combinations.
1963Times Lit. Suppl. 3 May 320/4 ‘Combinatoriality’, ‘linearly’ [etc.] are not pretty words.
1958Curry & Feys Combinatory Logic 5 The system shall be combinatorially complete. 1965Language XLI. 195 Some combinatorially possible arrangements do not occur at all.
▸ combinatorial chemistry n. a branch of chemistry concerned with the synthesis of drugs, antibodies, and other compounds by combining a number of starting compounds in a variety of ways in order to build up a large number of product compounds, in the hope that some of them will be useful; the chemical processes used in this.
1992S. Brenner & R. A. Lerner in Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 89 5381 (heading) Encoded *combinatorial chemistry. 2002New Scientist 15 June (Inside Science) 4/3 In the future, combinatorial chemistry will become a mainstay of drug discovery. |