ordered set

British

noun

logic maths a sequence of elements that is distinguished from the other sequences of the same element by the order of the elements. Thus is not identical with

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If i is an integer, then the kth percentile is the data value in the ith position in the ordered set of data.

From Textbooks • Mar. 27, 2020

In his directive, Husted ordered set Saturday voting hours for this fall from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.—two hours longer than in 2012, when polls closed at 2 p.m. on Saturdays.

From MSNBC • Jun. 18, 2014

Cumulative Relative Frequency The term applies to an ordered set of observations from smallest to largest.

From Textbooks • Sep. 19, 2013

Accordingly all Saxo-Borussians were ordered set back two years in their studies at Old Heidelberg, with expulsion for the ringleader who incited others to disparage Dictator Hitler's handling of asparagus.

From Time Magazine Archive

Get together and light all the lamps you have and bring them here," he ordered; "set some of them in this window and hang some of them against it.

From The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains by Waterloo, Stanley

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