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order of operations

order of operations noun: the sequence in which the various operations in a mathematical expression are to be evaluated.

Noun

order of operations (plural orders of operations)

  1. The sequence in which the various operations in a mathematical expression are to be evaluated.

Forms of order of operations

pluralorders of operations

Questions about order of operations

What does order of operations mean?
Order of operations means the sequence in which the various operations in a mathematical expression are to be evaluated.
What part of speech is order of operations?
Order of operations is a noun.
What is the plural of order of operations?
The plural of order of operations is orders of operations.

Words near order of operations in the dictionary

  1. order of business
  2. order of council
  3. Order of Friars Minor
  4. order of knighthood
  5. order of magnitude
  6. order of operations
  7. order of precedence
  8. order of service
  9. order of succession
  10. order of symmetry
  11. order of the boot

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