ordering

/ (ˈɔːdərɪŋ) /

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logic any of a number of categories of relations that permit at least some members of their domain to be placed in order. A linear or simple ordering is reflexive, antisymmetric, transitive, and connected, as less than or equal to on the integers. A partial ordering is reflexive, antisymmetric, and transitive, as set inclusion. Either of these orderings is called strict if it is asymmetric instead of reflexive and antisymmetric. It is a well-ordering if every nonempty subset has a least member under the relation

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Last March they gave Airbus a huge piece of new business, ordering 169 A320s and 65 of the slightly larger A321.
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It is unclear how Trierweiler came to the conclusion that the Élysée had allegedly been ordering the doctors to sedate her.
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Federal regulators sent Spinal Solutions a warning letter in early 2012, ordering the company to fix its quality control problems.
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The bar mobile ordering app Preo allows bar-goers to order drinks and pay for them by phone.
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At about 11 p.m. State Police started flying a helicopter over the scene, ordering the crowds to disperse.
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That he laughed at their folly, and went himself in the boat, ordering his men to take a strong cable along with them.
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Yesterday was fixed on, before ordering another engine for the eastern shaft.
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But Tressan, without heeding him, was already ordering the sergeant to ride hard with his troopers for the Champs aux Capuchins.
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Ordering her favorite horse saddled, she soon was galloping down the valley towards the Osbornes.
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The Minister in Paris had apparently committed some grave error in thus ordering his arrest.
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