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raupapa

1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to put in order.

E ora ai ia, ka tahuri te kaumoana ki te raupapa i te āhua o tana hōpara (Te Ara 2013). / In order to survive mariners used strategies in their exploration.

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2. (noun) sequence, order, series.

Ko tāna tikanga raupapa hei whakahaere māna i ngā tauira he pākaha, pērā tonu i te raupapa whakahaere hōia (TTR 1998:175). / His method of maintaining order among his pupils was strict, just like military discipline.

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Synonyms: raupapatanga, tono, ngare, ngarengare, whakahauhau, whakahau, whakaraupapa, ōta


3. (noun) flat ground, level surface.

I te taenga atu o Kupe ki Rangiātea, ka ui mai a Ngātoto ki a Kupe, “E Kupe! he aha te āhua o te whenua i kite nā koe? He raupapa rānei, he tuarangaranga rānei; he onetai, he onematua rānei te one.” (JPS 1913:115). / When Kupe reached Rai'atea, Ngātoto asked Kupe, “Kupe! What is the nature of that land you have discovered? Is it flat land, or rough land? Is the soil alluvial soil, or a loamy soil?”

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Synonyms: kaupapa

pukapuka raupapa

1. (noun) serial (library).

raupapa kame

1. (noun) food chain.

He maha ngā raupapa kame o te nōhanga kotahi (RP 2009:367). / There are many food chains in a single habitat.

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raupapa pūngao

1. (noun) energy chain.

Arā ētahi pūāhua he nui ake i te kotahi te huringa pūngao, ka kīia he raupapa pūngao (RP 2009:214). / There are some other situations where there is more than a single energy transformation, and these are called energy chains.

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tauira raupapa

1. (noun) sequential pattern.

He tauira raupapa tau tēnei. Mō ia tupuranga o te tauira, ka tāpirihia te 3 ki te tau o mua: {1, 4, 7, 10, 13 ...} (TRP 2010:271). / This is a sequential pattern. For each repetition of the pattern, 3 is added to the previous number {1, 4, 7, 10, 13 ...}.

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tau raupapa

1. (noun) ordinal number.

Ko te tau raupapa: Koia ko te tau e whakaatu ana i te raupapa o tētahi mea. Mō ngā tau 1 ki te 9, ka honoa te 'tua' ki mua, arā, ko te tuatahi, te tuarua, tae atu ki te tuaiwa. I tua atu i te 9, mā te horopaki o te kōrero e whakaatu mēnā he tau raupapa, kāore rānei (TRP 2010:280). / Ordinal number: A number which shows the order of something. For numbers from 1 to 9, the prefix 'tua' is added. Above 9, the context of the discourse will show whether it is an ordinal number or not (TRP 2010:280).

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whiriwhiringa raupapa

1. (noun) permutation.

Mēnā e whai take ana te raupapa o te noho mai o ngā huānga o tētahi huinga, ka kīia he whiriwhiringa raupapa. Hei tauira: Mēnā e 3 ngā porotiti, ā, he rerekē ngā tae o ia porotiti, e 6 ngā whiriwhiringa raupapa mō te whakanoho i aua porotiti (TRP 2010:235). / If the sequence that the members of a set sit in has significance, that is called a permutation. For example: If there are 3 counters and the colours of each counter are different, there are 6 permutations for the positioning of those counters.

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raupapa tangiata

1. (noun) harmonic progression.

Ko te raupapa tangiata te whaiwhai haere o tētahi tangiata i tētahi, i roto i te rerenga o tētahi waiata. I te nuinga o te wā, ka tāruaruatia te raupapa tangiata i roto i te waiata (RTP 2015:94). / Harmonic progression is the progression of chords, one following another in a phrase of a song. Usually the harmonic progression is repeated in a song (RTP 2015:94).

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pāpono raupapa

1. (noun) combined event.

Mō ētahi whakamātau tūponotanga, he pāpono raupapa te tikanga. Arā, ka whai tētahi mahi i tētahi. Hei tauira, ko te piu i te uka me te pīrori i te mataono tau. Mā te tuhi hoahoa rākau e kitea ai ngā putanga katoa e taea ana (TRP 2010:200). / For some probability experiments, a combined event is the method. That is, one activity follows another. For example, tossing a coin and rolling a dice. By writing a tree diagram all the results can be seen.

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raupapa paheko

1. (noun) order of operations (BEDMAS).

Mehemea he nui ake i te kotahi ngā paheko i roto i tētahi tātaitanga, me mātua whai te raupapa paheko e tika ana. Arā, me whakaoti ngā taiapa i te tuatahi, kātahi ko ngā taupū, ko ngā whakawehenga, me ngā whakareatanga, ko ngā tāpiritanga, me ngā tangohanga (TRP 2010:235). / When there is more than one operation in a calculation, the correct order for the operations must be followed. The order is: brackets first, then exponents, division, multiplication, addition, subtraction (BEDMAS) (TRP 2010:235).

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takirua raupapa

1. (noun) ordered pair.

Ko te takirua raupapa: E rua ngā tau ki rō taiapa, hei whakaatu i tētahi pūwāhi motuhake o te kauwhata. Ko te tau tuatahi hei whakaatu i te taunga huapae (x), ko te tau tuarua hei whakaatu i te taunga poutū (y). Ko te huinga takirua raupapa tētahi o ngā momo whakaaturanga pānga (TRP 2010:249). / Ordered pair: Two numbers written in brackets to show a specific point on a graph. The first number shows the 'x' or horizontal coordinate, the second number shows the 'y' or vertical coordinate. A set of ordered pairs is one way of showing a relationship (TRP 2010:249).

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kōwhiringa whai raupapa

1. (noun) permutation.

huinga takirua raupapa

1. (noun) set of ordered pairs.

Ko te huinga takirua raupapa tētahi o ngā momo whakaaturanga pānga (TRP 2010:249). / A set of ordered pairs is one way of showing a relationship (TRP 2010:249).

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whiriwhiringa raupapa kore

1. (noun) combination (maths).

Mēnā he ōrite ngā tae o ngā porotiti, ā, kāore he take o te raupapa, ka kīia he whiriwhiringa raupapa kore. Arā, kotahi te whiriwhiringa raupapa kore o ēnei porotiti (TRP 2010:235). / If the colours of the counters are the same, and there is no significance in the order, that is called a combination. That is, there is one combination of these counters.

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whakaraupapa

1. (noun) (dispute) remain neutral.

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