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tuple

tuple

2 8.0
An ordered group of items of different types kept as one unit in programming or math
  • noun
  • /ˈtʌpəl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : tupla
  • In programming, a tuple can hold different data types together, such as numbers and strings.
  • a 3-tuple
  • tuple represents
  • tuple outputs

The value in this case for a histogram is a tuple of length two.

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Examples

  • The set of colors generated by all possible 3-tuple values for the primaries defines the color space of the display device.

    Academic text (1992)
  • We restrict our attention here to the independent tuple model class.

    Blog text (25)
  • So the type of B is a tuple, not an integer, right?

  • It makes it into a tuple with the data it got back.

  • You can have N tuples and this will work.

  • Consider the following OCaml function map for transforming the elements of a tuple.

    Academic text (2011)
  • It's a 7-tuple describing your position in four dimensions and your velocity in three.

    Blog text (1)
  • Similarly, a display or printing device expects a 3-tuple input that is in its native space.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Image capture devices now on the market provide 3-tuple outputs in their native spaces.

    Academic text (1992)
  • The nucleotide-frequency normalized model is called NF, the tuple-frequency normalized model TF.

    Blog text (25)

How Many

quintuple
1 7.4
quadruple
5 4.3
tuple
  • Specialized
2 8.0
triple
28 3.2
pair
889 1.0

Surface Forms

tuple singular
tuples plural

Etymology

Tuple comes from the same -uple you see in double and triple, where -uple means 'times' or 'fold'. So a tuple is an ordered 'group' of items treated as one unit.