: characterized by order: such as
a
: marked by regularity or discipline
led an ordered life
b
: marked by regular or harmonious arrangement or disposition
an ordered landscape
the ordered crystal structure
c
: having elements arranged or identified according to a rule: such as
(1)
: having the property that every pair of different elements is related by a transitive relationship that is not symmetric
(2)
: having elements labeled by ordinal numbers
an ordered triple has a first, second, and third element
Examples of ordered in a Sentence
an ordered sequence of events
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The two ordered pepperoni pizza, according to the pool report.
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Shaun Raviv, WIRED, 21 Jan. 2020
One is an image of the kibbutz from April 2023, showing ordered rows of neat, white buildings set in lush gardens.
—Matthew Chance, CNN, 6 Oct. 2024
The two ordered pepperoni pizza, according to the pool report.
—Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
As the fabric does so, an ordered network of minuscule cracks open and close in the overlying graphene layer.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2024
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ordered
adjective
or·dered
ˈȯrd-ərd 
1
: carefully regulated or managed
led an ordered life
an ordered landscape
2
a
: having the property that for any two different elements a and b either a is greater than b or a is less than b
the set of real numbers is ordered
b
: having elements labeled by ordinal numbers
an ordered pair has a first and a second element
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