Poset

Origin

Abbreviation of partially ordered set.

Full definition of poset

Noun

1. (set theory) A partially ordered set.
• 1973, Barbara L. Osofsky, Homological Dimensions of Modules, American Mathematical Society, ISBN 0821816624, page 76,42. Definition. A poset (partially ordered set) (X, ≤) (usually written just X) is a set X together with a transitive, antisymmetric relation ≤ on X.43. Definition. A linearly ordered set or chain is a poset (X, ≤), such that ∀a, b ∈ X, either a ≤ b or b ≤ a or a = b.

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• estop
• ETOPS
• pesto
• poets
• stoep
• stope
• topes