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Common
noun
•
Arrangement
,
disposition
, or
sequence
.
•
A
position
in an
arrangement
,
disposition
, or
sequence
.
•
The
state of being
well
arranged
.
•
Conformity
with
law
or
decorum
;
freedom
from
disturbance
;
general
tranquillity
; public
quiet
.
•
A
command
.
•
A
request
for some product or
service
; a
commission
to
purchase
,
sell
, or
supply
goods
.
•
A group of
religious
adherents
,
especially
monks
or
nuns
,
set apart
within their
religion
by
adherence
to a
particular
rule
or set of
principles
.
•
An
association
of
knights
.
•
Any group of people with
common
interests
.
•
A
decoration
,
awarded
by a government, a
dynastic
house
, or a
religious
body
to an
individual
,
usually
for
distinguished
service
to a
nation
or to
humanity
.
•
In Biology & Taxonomy:
A
category
in the
classification
of
organisms
,
ranking
below
class
and above
family
; a
taxon
at that
rank
.
•
A number of
things
or
persons
arranged
in a
fixed
or
suitable
place
, or
relative
position
; a
rank
; a
row
; a
grade
;
especially
, a
rank
or
class
in
society
; a
distinct
character
, kind, or
sort
.
•
In Christianity:
An
ecclesiastical
rank
or
position
,
usually
for the sake of
ministry
, (especially, when
plural
)
holy orders
.
•
In Architecture:
The
disposition
of a
column
and its
component
parts
, and of the
entablature
resting
upon it, in
classical
architecture
; hence (since the
column
and
entablature
are the
characteristic
features
of
classical
architecture
) a
style
or
manner
of
architectural
design
.
•
In Cricket:
The
sequence
in which a side’s
batsmen
bat
; the
batting order
.
•
In Electronics:
A power of
polynomial function
in an
electronic
circuit’s
block
, such as a
filter
, an
amplifier
, etc.
•
In Chemistry:
The
overall
power of the
rate
law
of a
chemical reaction
,
expressed
as a
polynomial function
of
concentrations
of
reactants
and products.
•
In Set theory:
The
cardinality
, or number of
elements
in a set, group, or other
structure
regardable
as a set.
•
In Group theory:
For
g
iven
g
roup
G
and
e
lement
g
∈
G
, the
smallest
positive
natural number
n
, if it
e
xists,
such that
(using
multiplicative
notation
),
g
ⁿ =
e
, where
e
is the
identity element
of
G
; if
n
o such
n
umber
e
xists, the
e
lement is said to be of
infinite
order (or sometimes
zero
order).
•
In Graph theory:
The number of
vertices
in a
graph
.
•
A
partially ordered set
.
•
The
relation
on a
partially ordered set
that
determines
that it is,
in fact
, a
partially ordered set
.
•
In Algebra:
The
sum
of the
exponents
on the
variables
in a
monomial
, or the
highest
such among all
monomials
in a
polynomial
.
•
In Finance:
A
written
direction
to
furnish
someone with
money
or
property
;
compare
money order
,
postal order
.
verb
•
To
set in
some
sort of
order.
•
To
arrange
, set
in proper
order.
•
To
issue
a
command
to.
•
To
request
some product or
service
; to
secure
by
placing
an order.
•
To
admit
to
holy orders
; to
ordain
; to
receive
into the
ranks
of the
ministry
.
name
•
The Order of the
Arrow
.
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Opposite
serve
anarchy
chaos
Rhymes
order
forder
warder
border
lauder
boarder
disorder
recorder
Lineage
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English
ordre
Middle English (1100-1500)
ordre
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
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