n-tuple

n-tuple
/en tooh"peuhl, -tyooh"-, -tup"euhl; en"too peuhl, -tyoo-/, n. Math.
a set of n objects or quantities, where n is an integer, esp. such a set arranged in a specified order (ordered n-tuple).
[N (symbol, def. 5) + -tuple (extracted from words such as quintuple, octuple)]

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