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Meaning:

Noun:

  • chemistry The overall power of the rate law of a chemical reaction, expressed as a polynomial function of concentrations of reactants and products.
  • countable|biology|taxonomy A rank in the classification of organisms, below class and above family; a taxon at that rank
  • mathematics The highest exponent appearing in a polynomial.
  • order theory A partially ordered set.
  • order theory The relation on a partially ordered set that determines that it in fact a partically ordered set.
  • countable A command.
  • countable A decoration, awarded by a government, a dynastic house, or a religious body to an individual, usually for distinguished service to a nation or to humanity.
  • countable A group of religious adherents, especially monks or nuns, set apart within their religion by adherence to a particular rule or set of principles; as, the Jesuit Order.
  • countable A request for some product or service.
  • countable A society of knights; as, the Order of the Garter, the Order of the Bath.
  • cricket The sequence in which a side?s batsmen bat; the batting order.
  • electronics a power of polynomial function in an electronic circuit?s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.
  • graph theory The number of vertices in a graph
  • mathematics The cardinality, or number of elements in a set or related structure.
  • uncountable Arrangement, disposition, sequence.
  • uncountable The state of being well arranged.

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Verb:

  • To issue a command.
  • To request some product or service.
  • To set in (a good) order (2).
  • To set in (any) order (1).

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