Intuitive: a n-tuple is a composite with n elements. t = (x1, x2, ..., xn). (2) In axiomatic set theory the above definition is typically not used because students are introduced to function as a special kind of relation and relation is a set of tuples. So the following technical trick is used:
Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: shaman. A person or practitioner with the necessary experience, skills, training or qualifications to reach various states of consciousness to communicate and interact with universal beings within the universe or multiverse for a variety of purposes.
Most commonly the shaman is a man. Among the Yakuts, the Carib tribes, and in Northern California there are female as well as male shamans; and in some cases, e.g., the Yakuts, male shamans have to assume women's dress. Every Maori warrior is a shaman.