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partial order

partial order noun: (informal) An ordering of the elements of a collection that behaves like that of the natural numbers by size, except that some elements may not be comparable (if all elements are comparable, it is called a total order); (formal) a binary relation that is reflexive, antisymmetric, and transitive.

partial order: (informal) An ordering of the elements of a collection that behaves like that of the natural...
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Noun

partial order (plural partial orders)

  1. (informal) An ordering of the elements of a collection that behaves like that of the natural numbers by size, except that some elements may not be comparable (if all elements are comparable, it is called a total order); (formal) a binary relation that is reflexive, antisymmetric, and transitive.
    • A partial order on a set X is any reflexive, antisymmetric, transitive relation on X. In most cases, partial orders are denoted ≤.1986, Kenneth R. Goodearl, Partially Ordered Abelian Groups with Interpolation, American Mathematical Society, Softcover reprint 2010, page xxi
    • The vector-clock size necessary to characterize causality in a distributed computation is bounded by the dimension of the partial order induced by that computation.1999, Paul A. S. Ward, An Online Algorithm for Dimension-Bound Analysis, Patrick Amestoy, P. Berger, M. Daydé, I. Duff, V. Frayssé, L. Giraud, D. Ruiz (editors), Euro-Par ’99 Parallel Processing: 5th...

partial order meaning in Tamil

partial order in Tamil

பகுதி வரிசை

Synonyms of partial order

Forms of partial order

pluralpartial orders

Words formed from partial order

Questions about partial order

What does partial order mean?
Partial order means (informal) An ordering of the elements of a collection that behaves like that of the natural numbers by size, except that some elements may not be comparable (if all elements are comparable, it is called a total order); (formal) a binary relation that is reflexive, antisymmetric, and transitive.
What is partial order in Tamil?
Partial order in Tamil is பகுதி வரிசை. See Partial order meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is partial order?
Partial order is a noun.
What is the plural of partial order?
The plural of partial order is partial orders.

Words near partial order in the dictionary

  1. partial functions
  2. partial indulgence
  3. partial indulgences
  4. partial object
  5. partial objects
  6. partial order
  7. partial ordering relation
  8. partial ordering relations
  9. partial orders
  10. partial out
  11. partial pin

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