orderings

food chains, pecking orders (also peck orders)

arrangements, arrays, disposals, dispositions, distributions, sequences, series, setups

degrees, echelons, footings, levels, places, positions, reaches, rungs, situations, spots, standings, stations, statuses

continuities

precedences, priorities

chains, processions, progressions, successions

series

alignments (also alinements)

designs, layouts, patterns, structures, systems