combinatorial

combinatorial
/keuhm buy'neuh tawr"ee euhl, -tohr"-, kom'beuh-/, adj.
1. of, pertaining to, or involving the combination of elements, as in phonetics or music.
2. of or pertaining to the enumeration of the number of ways of doing some specific task or of arranging items in a specific configuration.
3. Math. of or pertaining to combination, or the modes, properties, etc., of combinations.
[1810-20; COMBINATORY + -AL1]

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