combinatory adjective. ['kɒmbɪnǝt(ǝ)ri, kɒmbɪ'neɪt(ǝ)ri] M17.
[from COMBINATION + -ORY¹.]
1. = COMBINATIVE 1. M17.
2. Logic. Designating or pertaining to a branch of symbolic logic concerned esp. with substitution and elimination of variables. E20.

■ combinatorics [-'tɒrɪks] noun the study of possible combinations or configurations M20.

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