combinatorial
AdjectiveOpen English WordNet
Adjective (2)
- relating to or involving combinationsSynonyms: combinativecombinatoryOpposite disintegrativeSimilar integrative
- relating to the combination and arrangement of elements in setsOpposite noncombinativeSimilar combinative, combinatory
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
combinatorial combinatory adjective
1. able to combine; tending to combine. same as combinative, 2. [Narrower terms: integrative (vs. disintegrative)] Syn. — combinative.
2. of or relating to combinations. [Narrower terms: combinative (vs. noncombinative)] ]
3. produced by a process of combining; as, a combinatorial explosion of possibilities; — used especially in reference to mathematical or statistical processes of computing possible combinations. ]
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors, WordNet 1.5