tuple (plural tuples)
(set theory) A finite sequence of terms.
A tuple is not merely a totally-ordered set because the same element can appear more than once in a tuple: for example, qualifies as a 3-tuple whereas it would not qualify as a totally-ordered set (of cardinality 3), because the set would be where and so that ; i.e, it would actually be a one-element set, , not even just two-element.
(computing) A single row in a relational database.
(computing) A set of comma-separated values passed to a program or operating system as a parameter to a function call.
(computing) In some programming languages, a data type that is similar but distinct from the list data type, whose instances are characterized by having a rather fixed arity, and the elements of which instances can differ from each other by data type. (Note: this definition may overlap with the previous one.)
• (finite sequence of terms): n-tuple (when the sequence contains n terms), ordered pair (when the sequence contains exactly two terms), triple or triplet (when the sequence contains exactly three terms)
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6 July 2025
(adjective) expecting unquestioning obedience; “the timid child of authoritarian parents”; “insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
