tuple

ˈtuːpəl

Definition

Definition of tuple - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

mathematics computing

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finite ordered list of elements

TECH.

A tuple can include numbers, characters, or other data types.

array

sequence

database

TECH.

single row of data in a database

TECH.

Each tuple in the table represents a unique record.

entry

record

row

technology

TECH.

fixed-size container holding different types in programming

TECH.

The tuple contained an integer, a string, and a float.

array

record

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n-tuple

tuple containing n terms

The function returns an n-tuple of coordinates.

Origin of tuple

Latin, tuplus (fold) + -ple (times)

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n-tuple

mathematics

tuple containing n terms

Examples of tuple in a sentence

In programming, a tuple can hold multiple values.
The database query returned a tuple with the requested information.
In the database, each tuple must have a unique identifier.
In Python, a tuple can store multiple data types.
The function returned a tuple with three elements.

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French:uplet, tuple, ...
German:Tupel, Datensatz, ...
Italian:n-upla, ...
Spanish:tupla, n-ario, ...
Portuguese:tuplo, linha, ...
Chinese:元组, 数据行, ...
Japanese:タプル, レコード, ...
Arabic:تَرْتِيبَة, صف, ...
Hebrew:טוּפְּל, רְשׁוּמַת מֵידָע, ...
Russian:кортеж, набор, ...
Ukrainian:кортеж, ...
Hindi:ट्यूपल, डेटा पंक्ति, ...
Bengali:টুপল, টিউপল, ...
Catalan:tupla, registre, ...
Czech:n-tice, záznam, ...
Danish:tuple, data række, ...
Dutch:tupel, rij, ...
Greek:πλειάδα, γραμμή δεδομένων, ...
Hungarian:tuple, rekord, ...
Khmer:ទូបលំដាប់, ជួរទិន្នន័យ, ...
Korean:튜플, 데이터 행, ...
Persian:تپل, تاپل, ...
Polish:krotka, wiersz, ...
Portuguese (BR):tupla, registro, ...
Romanian:tuplu, tuplă, ...
Swedish:tupl, tupla, ...
Thai:ทูเพิล, แถวข้อมูล, ...
Turkish:demet, tuple, ...
Vietnamese:bộ, hàng dữ liệu, ...

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