orderingscheme
nounUK /ˈɔː.dər.ɪŋ skiːm/
US /ˈɔːr.dɚ.ɪŋ skiːm/
A plan for putting things in a certain order.
The teacher used an ordering scheme to line up the kids by height.
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2. A set of rules a computer uses to sort data.
The program's ordering scheme sorts names alphabetically.
3. A way of ranking items from first to last.
The contest used an ordering scheme based on total points.
4. A pattern used to organize steps in a process.
The recipe follows a simple ordering scheme for each cooking step.