well-ordered
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well–or·dered

adjective \-ˈr-dərd\

Definition of WELL-ORDERED

1
: having an orderly procedure or arrangement <a well–ordered household>
2
: partially ordered with every subset containing a first element and exactly one of the relationships greater than, less than, or equal to holding for any given pair of elements
well–or·der·ing \-ˈrd-riŋ, -ˈr-də-\ noun

First Known Use of WELL-ORDERED

1589

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