English Explanatory Dictionary

partial order

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. (informal) An ordering of the elements of a collection that behaves like that of the natural numbers by size, except that some elements may not be comparable (if all elements are comparable, it is called a total order); (formal) a binary relation that is reflexive, antisymmetric, and transitive.

Word forms

partial order partial orders

Synonyms

partial ordering relation

Related words

order partially ordered set

Derived words

complete partial order
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