ordering

British  

/ ˈɔːdərɪŋ /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

It also results in a lack of magnetic ordering, since both ferromagnetic and anti-ferromagnetic tendencies can appear at the same time.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

More governments are ordering military equipment amid rising geopolitical strife.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

That assistance arrived on March 13 from the Department of Energy, which invoked the Cold War-era Defense Production Act in ordering oil production from Sable’s offshore platforms and its pipelines to resume immediately.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

She’s been ordering Goop Kitchen regularly ever since, and shares a favorite order with Paltrow: the miso salmon bento box.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

A police officer yells into a bullhorn, ordering them away from the fence.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

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