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DEFINITIONS OF: ordering

n the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement

“there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list”

Synonyms:: order

Types:: show 7 types...; hide 7 types...; rank order
an arrangement according to rank; grading, scaling
the act of arranging in a graduated series; sequence, succession
the action of following in order; layout
the act of laying out (as by making plans for something); alphabetisation, alphabetization
the act of putting in alphabetical order; chess opening, opening
a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess; alternation
successive change from one thing or state to another and back again

Type of:: organisation, organization
the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically

n logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements

Synonyms:: order, ordination

Types:: show 23 types...; hide 23 types...; bacteria order
an order of bacteria; word order
the order of words in a text; genetic code
the ordering of nucleotides in DNA molecules that carries the genetic information in living cells; genome
the ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism; the full DNA sequence of an organism; series
similar things placed in order or happening one after another; Stations, Stations of the Cross
(Roman Catholic Church) a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus' passage from Pilate's house to his crucifixion at Calvary; chain, concatenation
a series of things depending on each other as if linked together; cordon
a series of sentinels or of military posts enclosing or guarding some place or thing; course, line
a connected series of events or actions or developments; cycle
a series of poems or songs on the same theme; electrochemical series, electromotive force series, electromotive series
a serial arrangement of metallic elements or ions according to their electrode potentials determined under specified conditions; the order shows the tendency of one metal to reduce the ions of any other metal below it in the series; hierarchy
a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system; triplet code
the normal version of the genetic code in which a sequence of three nucleotides codes for the synthesis of a specific amino acid; nexus
a connected series or group; patterned advance, progression
a series with a definite pattern of advance; blizzard, rash
a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences; sequence
serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern; string, train
a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding; succession
a group of people or things arranged or following in order; wave train
a succession of waves spaced at regular intervals; helium group
the series of inert gases; actinide series
(chemistry) a series of 15 radioactive elements with increasing atomic numbers from actinium to lawrencium; lanthanide series
the rare-earth elements with atomic numbers 57 through 71; having properties similar to lanthanum

Type of:: arrangement
an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging

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