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huinga

1. (noun) gathering, meeting, confluence, junction.

Ka hoe ngā waka, ā, ka tae ki Puke-āhua i runga tata mai o te huinga o Waipā ki te awa o Waikato (NIT 1995:243). / The canoes paddled along and reached Puke-āhua, just above the confluence of the Waipā and Waikato rivers.

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Synonyms: muriwai, komititanga, tūtakitanga, pūtahitanga, tūtaki, whakamenenga, hui, huihuinga


2. (noun) perineum - the part of the body between the anus and the scrotum or vulva.


3. (noun) set (maths).

Ko te huinga tētahi rōpū tau, rōpū āhua, rōpū taonga, rōpū tangata, rōpū aha rānei. Ka whakamahia ngā tohu { } hei whakaatu i tēnei mea te huinga, ā, ka tuhia ngā huānga o te huinga ki waenganui. Anei te huinga taurua: {0, 2, 4, 6 ...}. Anei te huinga taukehe kei waenganui i te 4 me te 10: {5, 7, 9} (TRP 2010:127). / A set is a collection of numbers, of shapes, of objects, of people, or of anything. The symbols { } are used to show a set. The members of the set are recorded between the brackets. For example, {0, 2, 4, 6 ...} is the set of even numbers. {5, 7, 9} is the set of odd numbers between 4 and 10 (TRP 2010:127).

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huinga whāioio

1. (noun) infinite set.

huinga piako

1. (noun) empty set.

huinga pū

1. (noun) (mathematics) domain.

huinga rāwāhi

1. (noun) complement of set.

huinga rāwaho

1. (noun) (mathematics) complement (of set).

huinga roto

1. (noun) subset.

huinga taurite

1. (noun) equivalent set.

whakaahua huinga

1. (noun) Venn diagram.

huinga tūhono

1. (noun) union of sets.

Mēnā ka whakakotahi mai ngā huānga o ētahi huinga e rua, ka kīia tērā ko te huinga tūhono. Ko te ∪ hei tohu i te huinga tūhono. Hei tauira: A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} E = {3, 4, 5, 6, 7} A ∪ E = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7} (TRP 2010:128). / If the elements of two sets are combined that is called a union of sets. For example: A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} E = {3, 4, 5, 6, 7} A ∪ E = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}.

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hoahoa huinga

1. (noun) Venn diagram.

Ka whakamahia he hoahoa huinga hei whakaatu i te hononga kei waenganui i ētahi huinga (TRP 2010:127). / A Venn diagram is used to show the relationship amongst sets.

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huinga iti

1. (noun) subset (maths).

Mēnā kei roto ngā huānga katoa o tētahi huinga i tētahi huinga nui ake, ka kīia he huinga iti tētahi, he huinga nui tētahi. Ko te ⊂ hei tohu i te huinga iti, ko te ⊃ hei tohu i te huinga nui. Hei tauira: A = {1, 2, 3} E = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8} Hei huinga iti te A ki te E (A ⊂ E). Hei huinga nui te E ki te A (E ⊃ A) (TRP 2010:128). / If all the elements are in a larger set, it is called a subset and the other is a superset. The symbol ⊂ is for a subset, the symbol ⊃ s for a superset. For example: A = {1, 2, 3} E = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8} where A to E (A ⊂ E) is a subset. E to A (E ⊃ A) is a superset.

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huinga nui

1. (noun) superset (maths).

Mēnā kei roto ngā huānga katoa o tētahi huinga i tētahi huinga nui ake, ka kīia he huinga iti tētahi, he huinga nui tētahi. Ko te ⊂ hei tohu i te huinga iti, ko te ⊃ hei tohu i te huinga nui. Hei tauira: A = {1, 2, 3} E = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8} Hei huinga iti te A ki te E (A ⊂ E). Hei huinga nui te E ki te A (E ⊃ A) (TRP 2010:128). / If all the elements are in a larger set, it is called a subset and the other is a superset. The symbol ⊂ is for a subset, the symbol ⊃ s for a superset. For example: A = {1, 2, 3} E = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8} where A to E (A ⊂ E) is a subset. E to A (E ⊃ A) is a superset.

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huinga pātahi

1. (noun) intersection set (maths).

Ko te {2, 4} te huinga pātahi o te A me te E. Ko te ∩ hei tohu i te huinga pātahi. Arā, A ∩E = {2, 4} (TRP 2010:127). / {2, 4} is the intersecting set of A and E. ∩ is the symbol for an intersecting set. That is, A ∩E = {2, 4}.

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huinga raraunga

1. (noun) dataset.

He huinga raraunga tēnei, ko te tapeke hahao pōro a Hīria i ētahi kēmu hahau pōro e iwa {85, 82, 03, 88, 80, 78, 79, 94, 87} (TRP 2010:227). / This is a dataset, Hīria's golf score from nine golf rounds {85, 82, 03, 88, 80, 78, 79, 94, 87}.

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huinga ritua

1. (noun) disjoint sets.

Karekau he hononga o te huinga A me te E, ka kīia he huinga ritua: A = {1, 3, 5, 7} E = {2, 4, 6, 8} (TRP 2010:127). / When there's no relationship between sets A and E, it is called disjoint sets.

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huinga kupu

1. vocabulary.

huinga wātea

1. (noun) empty set.

Mēnā karekau he huānga kei roto i tētahi huinga, ka kīia taua huinga he huinga wātea. Koia nei ngā tohu e rua: { }, Ø (TRP 2010:128). / If there are no elements in a set, that set is called an empty set. These are the two symbols: { }, Ø.

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huinga ira

1. (noun) genome.

Ina whakamahia te hangarau koiora hei whakarerekē i te huinga ira i te karihi o te pūtau, ka kīia tēnei he raweke ira. / When biotechnology is used to alter the genome in the nucleus of the cell, this is called genetic engineering.

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huinga mutu-hengahenga

1. (noun) finite set.

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