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Abbreviation: Poset
A partially ordered set is a relational structure $\struct {S, \preceq}$ such that $\preceq$ is a partial ordering.
The partially ordered set $\struct {S, \preceq}$ is said to be partially ordered by $\preceq$.
Sources
- 1975: T.S. Blyth: Set Theory and Abstract Algebra ... (previous) ... (next): $\S 7$
- 1989: Ephraim J. Borowski and Jonathan M. Borwein: Dictionary of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): poset
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): poset
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): poset