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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Combination \Com`bi*na"tion\, n. [LL. combinatio. See {Combine}.] 1. The act or process of combining or uniting persons and things Making new compounds by new combinations. --Boyle. A solemn combination shall be made Of our dear souls. --Shak. 2. The result of combining or uniting; union of persons or things esp. a union or alliance of persons or states to effect some purpose; -- usually in a bad sense A combination of the most powerful men in Rome who had conspired my ruin. --Melmoth. 3. (Chem.) The act or process of uniting by chemical affinity, by which substances unite with each other in definite proportions by weight to form distinct compounds. 4. pl (Math.) The different arrangements of a number of objects, as letters, into groups. Note: In combinations no regard is paid to the order in which the objects are arranged in each group while in variations and permutations this order is respected. --Brande & C. {Combination car}, a railroad car containing two or more compartments used for different purposes. [U. S.] {Combination lock}, a lock in which the mechanism is controlled by means of a movable dial (sometimes by several dials or rings) inscribed with letters or other characters. The bolt of the lock can not be operated until after the dial has been so turned as to combine the characters in a certain order or succession. {Combination room}, in the University of Cambridge, Eng., a room into which the fellows withdraw after dinner, for wine, dessert, and conversation. {Combination by volume} (Chem.), the act process, or ratio by which gaseous elements and compounds unite in definite proportions by volume to form distinct compounds. {Combination by weight} (Chem.), the act process, or ratio, in which substances unite in proportions by weight, relatively fixed and exact, to form distinct compounds. See {Law of definite proportions}, under {Definite}. Syn: Cabal; alliance; association; league; union; confederacy; coalition; conspiracy. See {Cabal}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: combination n 1: a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities 2: an occurrence that results in things being combined [syn: {combining}, {combine}] 3: a sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock; "he forgot the combination to the safe" 4: a group of people (often temporary) having a common purpose; "they were a winning combination" 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) 6: the act of arranging elements into specified groups without regard to order 7: the act of combining things [syn: {combining}, {compounding}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: combination 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 {combinator}s, a combination denotes an expression in which {function application} is the only operation. (1995-04-10)
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