A series of stages by which one progresses to a better position.
A length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment, especially in nylon stockings; a run.
A frame, usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, used for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened rungs (cross strips or rounds acting as steps).
In the game of go, a sequence of moves following a zigzag pattern and ultimately leading to the capture of the attacked stones.
The hierarchy or ranking system within an organization, such as the corporate ladder.
Of a knitted garment: to develop a ladder as a result of a broken thread.
To ascend (a building, a wall, etc.) using a ladder.
To arrange or form into a shape of a ladder.
To close in on a target with successive salvos, increasing or decreasing the shot range as necessary.
A position in an arrangement, disposition, or sequence.
The state of being well arranged.
A group of religious adherents, especially monks or nuns, set apart within their religion by adherence to a particular rule or set of principles.
The overall power of the rate law of a chemical reaction, expressed as a polynomial function of concentrations of reactants and products.
A number of things or persons arranged in a fixed or suitable place, or relative position; a rank; a row; a grade; especially, a rank or class in society; a distinct character, kind, or sort.
A request for some product or service; a commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods.
The disposition of a column and its component parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in classical architecture; hence (since the column and entablature are the characteristic features of classical architecture) a style or manner of architectural design.
The number of vertices in a graph.
The cardinality, or number of elements in a set, group, or other structure regardable as a set.
The sequence in which a side’s batsmen bat; the batting order.
A written direction to furnish someone with money or property; compare money order, postal order.
An association of knights.
Arrangement, disposition, or sequence.
Any group of people with common interests.
A decoration, awarded by a government, a dynastic house, or a religious body to an individual, usually for distinguished service to a nation or to humanity.
A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below class and above family; a taxon at that rank.
Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance; general tranquillity; public quiet.
A command.
An ecclesiastical rank or position, usually for the sake of ministry, (especially, when plural) holy orders.
A power of polynomial function in an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.
For given group G and element g ∈ G, the smallest positive natural number n, if it exists, such that (using multiplicative notation), gⁿ = e, where e is the identity element of G; if no such number exists, the element is said to be of infinite order (or sometimes zero order).
A partially ordered set.
The relation on a partially ordered set that determines that it is, in fact, a partially ordered set.
The sum of the exponents on the variables in a monomial, or the highest such among all monomials in a polynomial.
To arrange, set in proper order.
To issue a command to.
To set in some sort of order.
To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive into the ranks of the ministry.
To request some product or service; to secure by placing an order.