PARTIALLY ORDERED SET


Meaning of PARTIALLY ORDERED SET in English

Math.

a set in which a relation as "less than or equal to" holds for some pairs of elements of the set, but not for all. Cf. totally ordered set, well-ordered set .

[ 1970-75 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .