How to order tuple(s) (double, triple, quadruple, etc.)
February 28th, 2007 by Matthew Jabs
Haven’t you ever wondered the exact wording and order of such terms?
Sure…we all know up through quadruple…but then what’s next? Is it quintuple? Well let’s find out; and while we’re at it let’s discover this numeric sequence all the way up to 10 (I love this type of trivia)!
First of all, let us define the terminolgy behind such numeric terms.
The tuple is basis for our “ordered list”. Defined, a tuple is a mathematical term meaning: a finite sequence (also known as an “ordered list”) of objects, each of a specified type.
Ordered from one to ten, the list appears as follows and are all most commonly pronounced as tooːpəl:
- 0 - Tuple (empty)
- 1 - Single (or singleton or sole or only - many others)
- 2 - Double (or pair or twice)
- 3 - Triple (or triplet or treble or thrice or threesome or troika or trio)
- 4 - Quadruple
- 5 - Quintuple or Pentuple
- 6 - Sextuple or Hextuple
- 7 - Septuple
- 8 - Octuple
- 9 - Nonuple
- 10 - Decuple
- 100 - Centuple
The above sequence is based on Latin number names, and is used when referring to multiples. Well now that seems to make perfect sense now doesn’t it!
Too see the Latin multiple number list all the way up to 100, and beyond, click here.
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So… when I got nuthin’ in my belly, it’s just a tuple!
Oh, BTW, “trivia”, not “triva”.
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing!
CAN U PLZ INCLUDE MORE PLZ!!!!!!!!!!!
Add a brace to those for Double.
This is a good trivia. Actually i dont know that there’s a “tuple” term.Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
hey, can you include MORE numbers? like for 11, and 12, and 13, and all the way up and never ending…? please? I just lost the game and we do a heatshot, then jinx, double jinx, and so forth…its lost of fun. haha you just lost the game too.