riffle shuffle
riffle shuffle noun: a technique of shuffling a deck of playing cards by first separating the deck into two parts.
Noun
riffle shuffle (plural riffle shuffles)
- A technique of shuffling a deck of playing cards by first separating the deck into two parts.
- 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.
Verb
riffle shuffle (third-person singular simple present riffle shuffles, present participle riffle shuffling, simple past and past participle riffle shuffled)
- To perform a riffle shuffle.
Forms of riffle shuffle
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | riffle shuffles |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | riffle shuffles |
| present participle | riffle shuffling |
| past participle | riffle shuffled |
| past | riffle shuffled |
Questions about riffle shuffle
- What does riffle shuffle mean?
- Riffle shuffle means a technique of shuffling a deck of playing cards by first separating the deck into two parts.
- What part of speech is riffle shuffle?
- Riffle shuffle can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of riffle shuffle?
- The plural of riffle shuffle is riffle shuffles.
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