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noun
Mathematics. two quantities written in such a way as to indicate that one quantity precedes or is to be considered before the other, as (3, 4) indicates the Cartesian coordinates of a point in the plane.
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Origin of ordered pair
First recorded in 1950–55
Words nearby ordered pair
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