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
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The first known use of well-ordered was in the 15th century
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