order, in taxonomy: see classification taxonomy, the study of the relationships of organisms, which includes collection, preservation, and study of specimens, and analysis of data provided by various areas of biological research.
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In Classical architecture, any of several styles defined by the particular type of column, base, capital, and entablature they use. There are five major orders: Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian (all developed in Greece), and Tuscan and Composite (developed in Rome). The form of the capital is an order's most distinguishing characteristic. Both the Doric and Ionic orders originated in wooden temples. The Doric is squat and simple. The Ionic, distinguished by the scrolls, or volutes, on its capital, resembles a capital I. The Corinthian capital is more ornate, with carved acanthus leaves and scrolls. The Romans modified the Greek orders to produce the Tuscan (a simplified form of the Doric) and Composite (a combination of the Ionic and Corinthian) orders. See also colossal order.
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Capital styles for the five major orders of Classical architecture.
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See precedence and byte order.
order
1. Biology any of the taxonomic groups into which a class is divided and which contains one or more families. Carnivora, Primates, and Rodentia are three orders of the class Mammalia
2. a decision or direction of a court or judge entered on the court record but not included in the final judgment
3.
a. a commission or instruction to produce or supply something in return for payment
b. the commodity produced or supplied
c. (as modifier): order form
4. a group of persons who bind themselves by vows in order to devote themselves to the pursuit of religious aims
5. History a society of knights constituted as a fraternity, such as the Knights Templars
6.
a. any of the five major classical styles of architecture classified by the style of columns and entablatures used
b. any style of architecture
7. Christianity
a. the sacrament by which bishops, priests, etc., have their offices conferred upon them
b. any of the degrees into which the ministry is divided
c. the office of an ordained Christian minister
8. a form of Christian Church service prescribed to be used on specific occasions
9. Judaism one of the six sections of the Mishna or the corresponding tractates of the Talmud
10. Maths
a. the number of times a function must be differentiated to obtain a given derivative
b. the order of the highest derivative in a differential equation
c. the number of rows or columns in a determinant or square matrix
d. the number of members of a finite group
order [′ȯrd·ər]
(chemistry)
A classification of chemical reactions, in which the order is described as first, second, third, or higher, according to the number of molecules (one, two, three, or more) which appear to enter into the reaction; decomposition of H2O2to form water and oxygen is a first-order reaction.
(mathematics)
A differential equation has ordernif the derivatives of a function appear up to thenth derivative.
The number of elements contained within a given group.
A square matrix withnrows andncolumns has ordern.
The number of poles a given elliptic function has in a parallelogram region where it repeats its values.
A characteristic of infinitesimals used in their comparison.
For a polynomial, the largest exponent appearing in the polynomial.
The number of vertices of a graph.
For a pole of an analytic function, the largest negative power in the function's Laurent expansion about the pole.
For a zero pointz0of an analytic function, the integernsuch that the function near the pole has the formg(z)(z-z0)n, whereg(z) is analytic atz0and does not vanish there.
For an algebraic curve or surface, the degree of its equation.
For an algebra, the dimension of the underlying vector space.
For a branch point of a Riemann surface, the number of sheets of the surface that join at the branch point, minus one.
(physics)
A range of magnitudes of a quantity (and of all other quantities having the same physical dimensions) extending from some value of the quantity to some small multiple of the quantity (usually 10). Also known as order of magnitude.
(systematics)
A taxonomic category ranked below the class and above the family, made up either of families, subfamilies, or suborders.
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