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partially ordered

partially ordered adjective: equipped with a partial order; when the partial order is specified, often construed with by.

Adjective

partially ordered (not comparable)

  1. Equipped with a partial order; when the partial order is specified, often construed with by.
    • This leads to the introduction of new kinds of abstract spaces—partially ordered linear spaces—and to their systematic use in functional analysis. The beginnings of a theory of partially ordered linear spaces are given in the works of L. V. Kantorovič in 1935-1937.1963, L. V. Kantorovič, B. Z. Vulih, A. G. Pinsker, “Partially Ordered Groups and Partially Ordered Linear Spaces”, in A. L. Brudno, editor, American Mathematical Society Translations, Series 2...
    • The chains in #92;mathcal#123;V#125; form a class #92;mathcal#123;C#125; which is partially ordered by inclusion.1966, S. J. Taylor, Introduction to Measure and Integration, Cambridge University Press, page 22

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Questions about partially ordered

What does partially ordered mean?
Partially ordered means equipped with a partial order; when the partial order is specified, often construed with by.
What part of speech is partially ordered?
Partially ordered is an adjective.

Words near partially ordered in the dictionary

  1. partialled out
  2. partialling
  3. partialling out
  4. partially
  5. partially defatted pork fatty tissue
  6. partially ordered
  7. partially ordered set
  8. partially ordered sets
  9. partialness
  10. partials
  11. partials out

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