Ordnung

Definitions of Ordnung
  1. noun
    (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families
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    types:
    Doldenblütiges Gewächs
    plants having umbels or corymbs of uniovulate flowers; includes the Umbelliferae (chiefly herbs) and Cornaceae (chiefly trees or shrubs)
  2. noun
    the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
    synonyms: Anordnung, Aufstellung, Einordnung, Einteilung, Gliederung, Gruppierung, Klassifizierung, Organisation, Systematisierung
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    types:
    Indexierung, Indexing
    the act of classifying and providing an index in order to make items easier to retrieve
  3. noun
    a condition of regular or proper arrangement
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    antonyms:
    Unordnung
    a condition in which things are not in their expected places
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