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ordered

9 ENTRIES FOUND:

or·dered

adj \ˈr-dərd\

Definition of ORDERED

: characterized by order: as a : marked by regularity or discipline <led an ordered life> b : marked by regular or harmonious arrangement or disposition <an ordered landscape> <the ordered crystal structure> c : having elements arranged or identified according to a rule: as (1) : having the property that every pair of different elements is related by a transitive relationship that is not symmetric (2) : having elements labeled by ordinal numbers <an ordered triple has a first, second, and third element>

Examples of ORDERED

  1. an ordered sequence of events

First Known Use of ORDERED

1579

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