Definition of "order" []

• A condition of logical or comprehensible arrangement among the separate elements of a group. (noun)
• A condition of methodical or prescribed arrangement among component parts such that proper functioning or appearance is achieved: checked to see that the shipping department was in order. (noun)
• Condition or state in general: The escalator is in good working order. (noun)
• The established system of social organization: "Every revolution exaggerates the evils of the old order” ( C. Wright Mills). (noun)
• A condition in which freedom from disorder or disruption is maintained through respect for established authority: finally restored order in the rebellious provinces. (noun)

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• "~ Hidden order found in a quantum spin liquid -- An international team, including scientists from the London Centre for Nanotechnology, has detected a hidden magnetic “quantum order” that extends over chains of 100 atoms in a ceramic without classical magnetism."
• "As Ablatives of Cause are to be reckoned also such Ablatives as jussū, by order of, injussū, _without the order_, rogātū, etc."
• "The chief reasons for it are undoubtedly that (i.) the order of facts in Mark is the _normal order_ of the whole narrative of the Synoptists, and (ii.) in the main, the language of Mark explains the verbal agreements between Matt. and Luke."