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combination [n]

1)	a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities

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accumulation aggregate combine blend amalgam color_scheme complexion

2)	a coordinated sequence of chess moves

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sequence

3)	a sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock; "he forgot the combination to the safe"

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sequence

4)	a group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose; "they were a winning combination"

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social_unit combine aggregate

5)	an alliance of people or corporations or countries for a special purpose (formerly to achieve some antisocial end but now for general political or economic purposes)

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6)	the act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order

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7)	the act of combining things to form a new whole

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combining compounding

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change_of_integrity compound combine combine combine blend affixation confusion admixture fusion blend interspersal temperance conjugation consolidation

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

1. A set containing a certain number of objects selected from another set.

The number of combinations of r objects chosen from a set of n is

n C r = n! / ((n-r)! r!)

where "n C r" is normally with n and r as subscripts or as n above r in parentheses.

See also permutation.

2. In the theory of combinators, a combination denotes an expression in which function application is the only operation.

(1995-04-10)

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