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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
combinatorial \combinatorial\ combinatory \combinatory\adj.
1. able to combine; tending to combine.
Note: same as {combinative}, 2. [Narrower terms: {integrative (vs. disintegrative)}]
Syn: combinative. [WordNet 1.5]
2. of or relating to combinations. [Narrower terms: {combinative (vs. noncombinative)}] WordNet 1.5]
3. produced by a process of combining; as, a combinatorial explosion of possibilities; -- used especially in reference to mathematical or statistical processes of computing possible combinations. PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
combinatorial
adjective
1: relating to or involving combinations [syn: {combinative}, {combinatory}]
2: relating to the combination and arrangement of elements in sets
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