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tuple en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈtjuːpəl/ (UK)
  • /ˈtʊpəl/ (UK)
  • /ˈtʌpəl/ (UK)
  • /ˈt͡ʃuːpəl/ (UK)
  • /ˈtuːpəl/ (US)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈtʌpəl/ (US)

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. A finite sequence of terms.
  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.
  4. A fixed-size container data type similar to a list that can hold different types of elements.
    • Unlike lists, tuples are not formed by consing.
    • Both Python and Haskell have a tuple data type as well as a list data type.

Forms

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tuples Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

-tuple · tuplet

Translations (39)

sv tipel (in set theory) · sv tupel (in set theory) · ja(in set theory) · fr uplet (in set theory) · fa رتبیک (in set theory) · cy tŵpl (single row in a database) · sh n-torka (in set theory) · cy tŵpl (container data type) · fi monikko (in set theory) · de Tupel (in set theory) · de Tupel (single row in a database) · it tupla (in set theory) · fr n-uplet (in set theory) · pl krotka (set of values passed as a parameter) · ru ряд (single row in a database) · ru корте́ж (set of values passed as a parameter) · pt tupla (in set theory) · pl krotka (in set theory) · ja(single row in a database) · ru за́пись (single row in a database) · cy tŵpl (in set theory) · ru корте́ж (single row in a database) · pl krotka (container data type) · pl krotka (single row in a database) · sh n-torka (container data type) · de Tupel (container data type) · cy tŵpl (set of values passed as a parameter) · ru корте́ж (in set theory) · fi monikko (single row in a database) · es tupla (in set theory) · fi monikko (set of values passed as a parameter) · cs uspořádaná n-tice (in set theory) · ja タプル (single row in a database) · gl tupla (in set theory) · cmn 多元組 /多元组 (in set theory) · el πλειάδα (in set theory) · fr n-uplet (set of values passed as a parameter) · ja タプル (set of values passed as a parameter) · ru строка́ (single row in a database)