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Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English - Cite This Source - Share This
| Main Entry: | ordered pair |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | in mathematics, a pair of distinct elements or two ordered numbers, often used to match numbers in relations or functions |
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ordered pair
–noun
| Mathematics. two quantities written in such a way as to indicate that one quantity precedes or is to be considered before the other, as (3, 4) indicates the Cartesian coordinates of a point in the plane. |
[Origin: 1950–55
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