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Steiner triple system

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Steiner triple system [¦stīn·ər ¦trip·əl ′sis·təm]
(mathematics)
A balanced incomplete block design in which the numberkof distinct elements in each block equals 3, and the number λ of blocks in which each combination of elements occurs together equals 1.
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