-tuple

combining form in adjective, combining form in countable noun

indicating a set of the number specified

-tuple
noun combining form

ETYMOLOGY quintuple, sextuple

: set of (so many) elements — usually used of sets with ordered elements
the ordered 2-tuple (a, b)

-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.

-tuple

1863, word-forming element abstracted from quintuple, etc.

-tuple /tjʊp(ə)l/ suffix.

ORIGIN: The ending of quintuple, octuple, etc.

Chiefly Math. Forming nouns and adjectives with preceding algebraic symbol with the sense ‘(an entity or set) consisting of as many parts or elements as indicated by the symbol’, as n-tuple.

-tu·ple
\ˌtəpəl, ˌtüp-\ noun combining form
Etymology: quintuple, sextuple
: set of (so many) elements — often used of sets with ordered elements
< the ordered 2-tuple (a, b) >

-tuple

Suffix

mathematics A tuple containing the specified number of terms.

a 20-tuple

1948. Roy Dubisch, "The number of r-tuples of pairs of integers". The American Mathematical Monthly 55.
2007. Edward Kissin, "On Clarkson-McCarthy inequalities for n-tuples of operators". Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society 135:8.

词汇	-tuple
词根词缀	Collins MWCD OED Online Etymology Dictionary SOED Webster Wiktionary -tuple combining form in adjective, combining form in countable noun indicating a set of the number specified -tuple noun combining form ETYMOLOGY quintuple, sextuple : set of (so many) elements — usually used of sets with ordered elements the ordered 2-tuple (a, b) -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. -tuple 1863, word-forming element abstracted from quintuple, etc. -tuple /tjʊp(ə)l/ suffix. ORIGIN: The ending of quintuple, octuple, etc. Chiefly Math. Forming nouns and adjectives with preceding algebraic symbol with the sense ‘(an entity or set) consisting of as many parts or elements as indicated by the symbol’, as n-tuple. -tu·ple \ˌtəpəl, ˌtüp-\ noun combining form Etymology: quintuple, sextuple : set of (so many) elements — often used of sets with ordered elements < the ordered 2-tuple (a, b) > -tuple Suffix mathematics A tuple containing the specified number of terms. a 20-tuple 1948. Roy Dubisch, "The number of r-tuples of pairs of integers". The American Mathematical Monthly 55. 2007. Edward Kissin, "On Clarkson-McCarthy inequalities for n-tuples of operators". Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society 135:8.
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