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well-ordered
adj
1. (Logic) logic maths (of a relation) having the property that every nonempty subset of its field has a least member under the relation: less than is well-ordered on the natural numbers but not on the reals, since an open set has no least member
2. (Mathematics) logic maths (of a relation) having the property that every nonempty subset of its field has a least member under the relation: less than is well-ordered on the natural numbers but not on the reals, since an open set has no least member
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well′-or′dered
adj.
arranged, planned, or occurring in a desirable way, sequence, etc.
[1600–10]
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Adj. | 1. | well-ordered - ordered well; "well-ordered work habits" regular - in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle; "his regular calls on his customers"; "regular meals"; "regular duties" |
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