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tuple
- /ˈtʊpəl/ UK
- /ˈt͡ʃuːpəl/ UK
- /ˈtjuːpəl/ UK
- /ˈtʌpəl/ UK
- /ˈtuːpəl/ US
- /ˈtʌpəl/ US
Rhymes with -uːpəl, -ʌpəl
Where it comes from
From the ending of the words quintuple, sextuple; from Latin -plus.
noun tuples
- A finite sequence of terms.
- A single row in a relational database.
- A set of comma-separated values passed to a program or operating system as a parameter to a function call.
- A fixed-size container data type similar to a list that can hold different types of elements. Both Python and Haskell have a tuple data type as well as a list data type.
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noun in set theory
| Español | tupla |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 組 kumi |
| 中文 | 多元組 /多元组 duōyuánzǔ |
| Português | tupla |
| Français | uplet, n-uplet |
| Deutsch | Tupel |
| Italiano | tupla |
| Ελληνικά | πλειάδα pleiáda |
| Русский | корте́ж kortɛ́ž |
noun single row in a database
| 日本語 | タプル tapuru, 組 kumi |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Tupel |
| Русский | за́пись zápisʹ, ряд rjad, корте́ж kortɛ́ž, строка́ stroká |
noun container data type
| Deutsch | Tupel |
|---|
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