2. (modifier) in pairs.
Mārama tonu te takoto o ngā kōrero a Takaanui, kāre kau ngā waka i haere 'tāruru' mai i Hawaiki, engari he wehe takirua, takitoru kē tō rātau wehenga mai (TTR 1996:198). / Takaanui's accounts make it quite clear that various canoes did not depart as a 'fleet' from Hawaiki, but they left in groups of two or three.
3. (noun) pair, twosome, duo, couple, duet.
Ki te kaha tētahi i a ia kotahi nei, ka māia te tokorua ki a ia; e kore hoki te aho takitoru e motu wawe (PT Te Kaikauwhau 4:12). / And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
whātuinga takirua
1. (noun) cartesian product (maths).
Ko te whātuinga takirua te huinga o ngā takirua katoa ka hua mai i te hononga o ngā huānga o tētahi huinga me ngā huānga o tētahi (TRP 2010:333). / A cartesian product is the set of all pairs resulting from the joining of the elements of one set with the other (TRP 2010:333).
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).
