well-ordered
[ wel-awr-derd ]
/ ˈwɛlˈɔr dərd /
adjective
arranged, planned, or occurring in a desirable way, sequence, etc.
Origin of well-ordered
First recorded in 1600–10
Words nearby well-ordered
well-mixed,
well-motivated,
well-nigh,
well-off,
well-oiled,
well-ordered,
well-ordered set,
well-ordering theorem,
well-organized,
well-padded,
well-paid
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British Dictionary definitions for well-ordered
well-ordered
adjective
logic maths
(of a relation) having the property that every nonempty subset of its field has a least member under the relation: less than is well-ordered on the natural numbers but not on the reals, since an open set has no least member