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/ˈɔː.də/
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/ˈoɹ.dɚ/
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[ˈoɹ.ɾɚ]
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/ˈoː.də/
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[ˈoː.ɾə]
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/ˈɔːdə(r)/
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ˈɔːdə
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ˈɔɹdɚ
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Noun
Arrangement, disposition, or sequence.
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put the children in age order
It's arranged in order of frequency
A position in an arrangement, disposition, or sequence.
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In these situations we find the Genesee slate, the Tully limestone and the upper part of the Hamilton group, each one in its order disappearing beneath the lake level as we proceed southward.
In the latter portion of this period, the country was assailed by famine and pestilence - — a fearful visitation which will be noticed hereafter in its order of date, and of which it would be out of place to say more at present.
1897, T. L. Heath (translator), Eutocius of Ascalon, Extract from a commentary by Eutocius, quoted in 1897 [CUP], T. L. Heath (editor), The Works of Archimedes, 2002, Dover, unnumbered page, His attempt I shall also give in its order.
This narrative must be discussed later on, in its order.
The latter comes into play only as we examine each word in its order in the line.
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Hasn't it been shown that the Hebrew letter “w” is equivalent to the number 6, due to its order in the alphabet, he asked?
Because Professor Soler told me that you had to investigate things step by step, that you had to find a thread to follow and follow it, and find everything out in its order.
The state of being well arranged.
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The house is in order; the machinery is out of order.
Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance; general tranquillity; public quiet.
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to preserve order in a community or an assembly
Order in the court!
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He's the only person I know who's going to vote at all. Most people have given up on politicians. After all, politicians have been promising to return us to the glory, wealth, and order of the twentieth century ever since I can remember.
A command.
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give an order
his inability to follow orders
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It was by his order the shattered leading company flung itself into the houses when the Sin Verguenza were met by an enfilading volley as they reeled into the calle.
John Hedley was Locomotive Foreman at Beattock. He was in bed, but they roused him, and he gave orders for one of his pilot engines to go up to the summit, get Mitchell's train, and take it to Carlisle.
A request for some product or service; a commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods.
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make an order
place an online order for the new range of sunglasses
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A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer.
The goods requested.
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Your order should arrive within two days.
The waiter brought our orders to the table, but forgot the cutlery.
A group of religious adherents, especially monks or nuns, set apart within their religion by adherence to a particular rule or set of principles.
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St. Ignatius Loyola founded the Jesuit order in 1537.
An association of knights.
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the Order of the Garter, the Order of the Bath.
Any group of people with common interests.
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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.
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The Order of Propitious Clouds is a civilian order that can be awarded to Taiwan citizens or foreign nationals. It is divided into a total of nine "classes" or grades, of which the Special Grand Cordon is the highest. Pelosi said she was particularly honored to receive the award from Tsai -- "a woman president in one of the freest societies in the world."
A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below class and above family; a taxon at that rank.
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The magnolia and nutmeg families belong to the order Magnoliales.
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Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.
A number of things or persons arranged in a fixed or suitable place, or relative position; a rank; a row; a grade; especially, a rank or class in society; a distinct character, kind, or sort.
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the higher or lower orders of society
talent of a high order
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They are in equal order to their several ends.
Various orders various ensigns bear.
[…] which, to his order of mind, must have seemed little short of crime.
An ecclesiastical rank or position, usually for the sake of ministry, (especially, when plural) holy orders.
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There have been many major and minor orders in the history of Christianity: the order of virgins, of deacons, priests, lectors, acolytes, porters, catechists, widows, etc.
to take orders or holy orders means to be ordained a deacon or priest
The disposition of a column and its component parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in classical architecture; hence (since the column and entablature are the characteristic features of classical architecture) a style or manner of architectural design.
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The sequence in which a side’s batsmen bat; the batting order.
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Scale: size or scope.
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on another order
A power of polynomial function in an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.
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a 3-stage cascade of a 2nd-order bandpass Butterworth filter
The overall power of the rate law of a chemical reaction, expressed as a polynomial function of concentrations of reactants and products.
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The number of elements contained within (the given object); formally, the cardinality (of the given object).
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1911 [Cambridge University Press], William Burnside, Theory of Groups of Finite Order, 2nd Edition, Reprint, Dover (Dover Phoenix), 2004, page 222, In this case, the conjugate set contains n(n − 1)/x(x − 1) distinct sub-groups of order m, and H is therefore self-conjugate in a group K of order x(x − l)m.
For various reasons it turns out to be better to enlarge this set of invariants to include suitable normalizers of subgroups of odd prime order.
The smallest positive natural number n such that (denoting the group operation multiplicatively) gⁿ is the identity element of G, if such an n exists; if no such n exists the element is said to be of infinite order (or sometimes zero order).
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- of an element g of a group G
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The object of this note is to observe that it is possible to calculate the order of an element A of G#61;#92;mathit#123;GL#125;(d,q) on average using O(d³#92;mathsf#123;log#125;#92;q) field operations, assuming that qⁱ-1 has been factorised for i#92;led.
1999, A. Ehrenfeucht, T. Harju, G. Rozenberg, The Theory of 2-structures, World Scientific, page 15, If Δ is a finite group, its cardinality is called the order of Δ. The order of an element a∈Δ is defined as the smallest nonnegative integer n such that aⁿ=1_Δ. The second case of the following result is known as Cauchy's theorem. Theorem 1.10 Let Δ be a finite group. (i) The order of an element a∈Δ divides the order |Δ| of the group. (ii) If a prime number p divides |Δ|, then there exists an element a∈Δ of order p.
2010, A. R. Vasishta, A. K. Vasishta, Modern Algebra, Krishna Prakashan Media, 60th Edition, page 180, Since in a finite group the order of an element must be a divisor of the order of the group, therefore o (a) cannot be 3 and so we must have o (a)=4=the order of the group G.
The number of vertices in the graph (i.e. the set-theoretic order of the set of vertices of the graph).
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- of a graph
A partially ordered set.
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The relation with which a partially ordered set is equipped.
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The sum of the exponents of the variables involved in the expression.
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The monomial x²ʸ³ᶻ is of order 2#43;3#43;1#61;6.
The order of the leading monomial; (equivalently) the largest power of the variable involved in the given expression.
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- of a polynomial in one variable
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The quadratic polynomial ax²#43;bx#43;c, is said to be of order (or degree) 2 when a is nonzero.
A written direction to furnish someone with money or property; compare money order, postal order.
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I then walked to Cochrane's & got an order on Sir Charles Asgill for my money.
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To set in some sort of order.
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We need to order them alphabetically.
To arrange, set in proper order.
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The books in the shelf need ordering.
To issue a command to; to charge.
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to order troops to advance
He ordered me to leave.
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Napoleon ordered Villeneuve north to France.
I hate being ordered around by my co-workers.
The "D.N.B." wrote of one Railway Member that "he made himself personally acquainted with the working of the new systems of railroads, and with more foresight than his neighbours, he welcomed railways on his estate when other landowners were ordering their gamekeepers to warn off the surveyors or to put an end to their operations by force."
To request some product or service; to secure by placing an order.
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You can now order most products to be delivered to your home.
to order groceries
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to order food from a restaurant
To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive into the ranks of the ministry.
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persons presented to be ordered deacons
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(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
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the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London
a degree in a continuum of size or quantity
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it was on the order of a mile
an explosion of a low order of magnitude
established customary state (especially of society)
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order ruled in the streets
law and order
logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements
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we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation
a condition of regular or proper arrangement
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he put his desk in order
the machine is now in working order
a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
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a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there
a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities
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IBM received an order for a hundred computers
a formal association of people with similar interests
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he joined a golf club
they formed a small lunch society
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men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today
a body of rules followed by an assembly
a group of person living under a religious rule
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the order of Saint Benedict
(biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families
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a request for something to be made, supplied, or served
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I gave the waiter my order
the company's products were in such demand that they got more orders than their call center could handle
(architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans
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the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement
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there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list
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give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
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I said to him to go home
She ordered him to do the shopping
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The mother told the child to get dressed
make a request for something
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Order me some flowers
order a work stoppage
issue commands or orders for
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bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
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We cannot regulate the way people dress
This town likes to regulate
bring order to or into
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Order these files
place in a certain order
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order the photos chronologically
appoint to a clerical posts
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he was ordained in the Church
arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
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arrange my schedule
set up one's life
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I put these memories with those of bygone times
assign a rank or rating to
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how would you rank these students?
The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide