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n-tuple

American  
[en-too-puhl, -tyoo-, -tuhp-uhl, en-too-puhl, -tyoo-] / ɛnˈtu pəl, -ˈtyu-, -ˈtʌp əl, ˈɛn tʊ pəl, -tyʊ- /

noun

Mathematics.

  1. a set of n objects or quantities, where n is an integer, especially such a set arranged in a specified order ordered n-tuple.

n-tuple British  

noun

  1. logic maths an ordered set of n elements

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Etymology

Origin of n-tuple

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

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