-tuple
suffixUK /ˈtjuːpəl/
US /ˈtuːpəl/
A word ending that means a group of a certain number of things.
A pair is a two-tuple, and a triple is a three-tuple.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. In math, a list of numbers in a fixed order, like (2, 5) or (1, 3, 7).
The point (4, 9) is an ordered two-tuple.
3. In computing, a small row of data values stored together.
Each database record is a tuple with a name and an age.
4. A suffix used to name a group with a stated number of parts.
A five-tuple has exactly five items in it.