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The following 12 entries include the term order of.
order of battle
noun phrase: the disposition of troops or ships ready for combat
order of business
noun phrase: a matter which must be dealt with : task
order of magnitude
noun phrase: a range of magnitude extending from some value to ten times that value
order of the day
noun phrase: the business or tasks appointed for an assembly for a given day
order of a reaction
noun: a number that relates the rate of a chemical reaction with the concentrations of the reacting substances : the sum of all the exponents of the terms expressing concentrations of the molecules or atoms determining the rate of the reaction compare first-order reaction, second-order reaction, third-order reaction, zero-order reaction, molecularity
order of contact
noun: a numerical measure of contact equal to or less than the number of points that coincide
order of filiation
noun: a court order declaring a man to be the biological father of an illegitimate child
order of service
noun: the arrangement of the various parts of a religious service in Protestant Christianity
order of worship
noun: the arrangement of the various parts of a worship service within Protestant Christianity
reentering order of battle
: a formation of attacking or rarely defending forces in lines converging away from the enemy that is feasible only when both flanks are protected against being turned or when they overlap the enemy's lines
in/of the order of
idiom: around or about (a specified number) : approximately
the order of the day
noun phrase: a characteristic or activity that is common during a particular period of time or in a particular situation
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