“order of”

The following 12 entries include the term order of.

order of battle

noun phrase

: the disposition of troops or ships ready for combat

order of business

noun phrase

: a matter which must be dealt with : task

order of magnitude

noun phrase

: a range of magnitude extending from some value to ten times that value

order of the day

noun phrase

: the business or tasks appointed for an assembly for a given day

order of a reaction

noun

: a number that relates the rate of a chemical reaction with the concentrations of the reacting substances : the sum of all the exponents of the terms expressing concentrations of the molecules or atoms determining the rate of the reaction compare first-order reaction, second-order reaction, third-order reaction, zero-order reaction, molecularity

order of contact

noun

: a numerical measure of contact equal to or less than the number of points that coincide

order of filiation

noun

: a court order declaring a man to be the biological father of an illegitimate child

order of service

noun

: the arrangement of the various parts of a religious service in Protestant Christianity

order of worship

noun

: the arrangement of the various parts of a worship service within Protestant Christianity

reentering order of battle

: a formation of attacking or rarely defending forces in lines converging away from the enemy that is feasible only when both flanks are protected against being turned or when they overlap the enemy's lines

in/of the order of

idiom

: around or about (a specified number) : approximately

the order of the day

noun phrase

: a characteristic or activity that is common during a particular period of time or in a particular situation


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