different between tuple vs tiple

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t?p?l/, /?t??u?p?l/, /?tju?p?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?tu?p?l/, /?t?p?l/
• Rhymes: -u?p?l, -?p?l

Noun

tuple (plural tuples)

1. (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, ${\displaystyle (a,b,a)}$ qualifies as a 3-tuple whereas it would not qualify as a totally-ordered set (of cardinality 3), because the set would be ${\displaystyle \{a,b\}}$ where ${\displaystyle a\leq b}$ and ${\displaystyle b\leq a}$ so that ${\displaystyle a=b}$; i.e., it would actually be a one-element set, ${\displaystyle \{a\}}$, not even just two-element.

   If commutativity were added to a tuple, it would turn into a multiset or "bag". For example, words (of some alphabetic language) can be considered to be tuples of letters. If the ordering requirement on those letters were lifted, then the word would become a multiset of letters equivalent to those of its anagrams.

2. (computing) A single row in a relational database.
3. (computing) A set of comma-separated values passed to a program or operating system as a parameter to a function call.
4. (computing) In some programming languages, a data type that is similar to 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.)

   Both Python and Haskell have a tuple data type as well as a list data type.

   Unlike lists, tuples are not formed by consing.

Synonyms

• (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)

Related terms

• -tuple
• ordered pair
• tuplet
• component

Translations

Anagrams

• let up, let-up, letup, plute

English

Etymology

From Spanish tiple.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ti?.ple?/

Noun

tiple (plural tiples)

1. (music) Any of several kinds of small, plucked stringed-instrument of the guitar family, used in the traditional musics of Spain and various Latin American nations.

Usage notes

The most prominent of the tiple instruments in English writing is the Colombian version of the instrument -- the Colombian tiple -- and it is that one which is probably referred to if the context doesn't specify it. The other instruments called tiple are largely unrelated to the Colombian version. See Appendix:Glossary of chordophones for a more detailed explanation.

Anagrams

• -ptile

Spanish

Etymology

Probably from Old Spanish triple, based on dividing the human voices into bass, tenor and soprano, the latter being the highest. See modern Spanish triple.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tiple/, [?t?i.ple]

Noun

tiple m (plural tiples)

1. treble guitar, a small plucked stringed instrument of the guitar family, used in the traditional musics of Spain and various Latin American nations
2. treble guitar player
3. soprano, treble (voice, singer)
4. (nautical) single-piece mast

References

• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, ?ISBN