"well-order" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: well-orders [plural]
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  1. (set theory, order theory) A total order of some set such that every nonempty subset contains a least element. Categories (topical): Set theory Synonyms (type of total order): well-ordering Hypernyms (partial order): preorder Translations (a type of total order): velordning [common-gender] (Danish), welordening [feminine] (Dutch), hyvinjärjestys (Finnish), Wohlordnung [feminine] (German), jólrendezés (Hungarian), velordning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), velordning [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), porządek uporządkowany [masculine] (Polish), välordning [common-gender] (Swedish)
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Synonyms: well order

Verb

Forms: well-orders [present, singular, third-person], well-ordering [participle, present], well-ordered [participle, past], well-ordered [past]
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  1. (set theory, order theory, transitive) To impose a well-order on (a set). Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Set theory Related terms: ordinal number, tree Translations (Translations): hyvinjärjestää (Finnish), wohlordnen (German), jólrendez (Hungarian), uporządkowywać [imperfective] (Polish), uporządkować [perfective] (Polish)
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      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "uporządkować"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "well-order"
  ],
  "word": "well-order"
}

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