n-tuple

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

nounMathematics.

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 of n-tuple

N (the symbol in mathematics) + -tuple (extracted from words such as quintuple, octuple)

Words Nearby n-tuple

NTIA
NTO
NTP
NTS
NTSB
n-tuple
nt. wt.
n-type
nu
nuance
nuanced

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British Dictionary definitions for n-tuple

n-tuple

noun

logic maths an ordered set of n elements

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