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ordered
adjective or·dered \ˈȯr-dərd\
: carefully organized or controlled
Full Definition of ORDERED
: characterized by order: 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: 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>
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