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partially ordered set
Word Origin
noun
,
Mathematics.
1.
a set in which a relation as “less than or equal to” holds for some pairs of elements of the set, but not for all.
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totally ordered set
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well-ordered set
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Origin of
partially ordered set
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1970-1975
First recorded in
1970-75
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