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

Word History and Origins

Origin of n-tuple¹

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