culmination

n 1: a final climactic stage; "their achievements stand as a

culmination of centuries of development" [syn: {apogee}]

2: the decisive moment in a novel or play; "the deathbed scene

is the climax of the play" [syn: {climax}]

3: a concluding action [syn: {completion}, {closing}, {windup},

{mop up}]

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)