how do you pronounce 'tuple'?

Peter Hansen peter at engcorp.com
Mon Feb 13 20:04:54 EST 2006


Roy Smith wrote:
> Peter Maas  <peter.maas at somewhere.com> wrote:
> 
>>Latin             n-tuple
>>---------------------------
>>...               ...
>>triplex           triple
>>duplex            duple
>>simplex           simple
> 
> 
> Would a 9-tuple be a nipple?

Perhaps, but if you're a dairy farmer, four nipples would definitely be 
a "two-pull" again...




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