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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A pair of numbers that come in a specific order and are usually written in parentheses, such as (3, 5).

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  • noun set theory A set containing exactly two elements in a fixed order, so that, when the elements are different, exchanging them gives a different set. Notation: (a, b) or .

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