well-quasi-ordering

noun

A preorder where every infinite sequence has an infinite increasing subsequence.

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Meanings

nounwell-quasi-ordering (plural well-quasi-orderings)

plural well-quasi-orderings

  1. mathematicsA preorder where every infinite sequence has an infinite increasing subsequence.
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