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lexicographic order

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English

Syllables
lex-i-co-graph-ic order
IPA
36
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Formally, given two partially ordered sets A and B, the order ≤ on the Cartesian product A × B such that (a,b) ≤ (a′,b′) if and only if a < a′ or (a = a′ and b ≤ b′).

noun

Given sets (A₁, A₂, ..., Aₙ) and their total orderings ( 0) (∀ i < m) (aᵢ = bᵢ ) and (aₘ <ₘ bₘ )

Inflected Forms

lexicographic orders (plural) lexicographical order (alternative)

Questions

What does lexicographic order mean?
Formally, given two partially ordered sets A and B, the order ≤ on the Cartesian product A × B such that (a,b) ≤ (a′,b′) if and only if a < a′ or (a = a′ and b ≤ b′).

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