well-ordered
adjective
well-or·dered
ˈwel-ˈȯr-dərd 
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
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The treble frequencies are tight and well-ordered and are certified up to 40kHz.
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Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Cinema painted small town America in the 1950s as pristine and well-ordered, making suburbia an obvious target for an alien blitz.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2023
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Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Cinema painted small town America in the 1950s as pristine and well-ordered, making suburbia an obvious target for an alien blitz.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2023
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“Well-ordered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/well-ordered. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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