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n-tuple

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

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

noun

  1. logic maths an ordered set of n elements
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Word History and Origins

Origin of n-tuple1

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

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