"riffle shuffle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: riffle shuffles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} riffle shuffle (plural riffle shuffles)
  1. (card games) A technique of shuffling a deck of playing cards by first separating the deck into two parts. Categories (topical): Card games
    Sense id: en-riffle_shuffle-en-noun-mIT7Ue7U Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 21 10 Topics: card-games, games
  2. (mathematics) A permutation that models the outcome of a riffle shuffle; the operation of dividing an ordered set into two equal subsets and then alternately listing sequences of elements from each subset that have a common specified length. Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-riffle_shuffle-en-noun-r2Dpp-KX Topics: mathematics, sciences

Verb

Forms: riffle shuffles [present, singular, third-person], riffle shuffling [participle, present], riffle shuffled [participle, past], riffle shuffled [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} riffle shuffle (third-person singular simple present riffle shuffles, present participle riffle shuffling, simple past and past participle riffle shuffled)
  1. (transitive) To perform a riffle shuffle. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-riffle_shuffle-en-verb-QwkpuJHf

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for riffle shuffle meaning in English (2.8kB)

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