"lectic" meaning in English

See lectic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Rhymes: -ɛktɪk Etymology: From Ancient Greek λέγω (légō) + -τικός (-tikós). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|-}} Ancient Greek, {{suffix|grc|λέγω|-τικός|nocat=1}} λέγω (légō) + -τικός (-tikós) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} lectic (not comparable)
  1. (mathematics) Pertaining to a generalization of alphabetical order applied to sets such that, for each pair of sets, their relative ordering is the order obtained if you remove their common (shared) elements and compare the last element in each remaining subset. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: lectical
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