Tuple
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Etymology


From the ending of the words quintuple, sextuple; from Latin -plus.

Noun



  1. A finite sequence of terms; equivalently, an ordered set.
  2. A single row in a relational database.
  3. A set of comma-separated values passed to a program or operating system as a parameter to a function call.

Synonyms

  • (in set theory): n-tuple (when the sequence contains n terms), ordered pair (when the sequence contains exactly two terms), triple or triplet (when the sequence contains exactly three terms)

Etymology


In Lojbanized spelling.
  • Chinese: tuei — 腿 [tuǐ]
  • English: leg — leg
  • Spanish: piern — pierna

Gismu



  1. leg; x1 is a/the leg (body-part) of x2; (metaphor: supporting branch).
 
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