For Order we have terms and definitions in 27 topics. The topics are Anthromorphemics, Anthropology, Art, Business Intelligence, Canadian Law, Cathedrals and Castles, Child Support, Divorce, Ecology, Energy, Entomological, Evolution, Finance, Financial, Insect, Landscape, Law, Legal, Nursing Home Abuse, Parliamentary Procedure, Personal Injury Law, Pests, Public Speaking, Securities, Speleological, Technology and William Shakespeare.

Order (Anthromorphemics)

A major division of a class, consisting of closely related families.

Order (Anthropology)

A major division of a class, consisting of closely related families.

Order (Art)

Architectural style defined by the type of column and entablature. The column is divided into three main elements: the base, shaft and capital. The entablature consists of architrave, frieze and cornice. Three classical Greek orders developed (Doric, Ionic and Corinthian) and two Roman orders (Tuscan and Composite).

Order (Business Intelligence)

A message sent to data access services which triggers the delivery of required data. There are three types of orders: select order, transform order, and propagate order.

Order (Canadian Law)

A formal written direction given by a member of the judiciary; a court decision without reasons.

Order (Cathedrals and Castles)

A series of voussoirs

Order (Child Support)

Direction of a magistrate, judge, or properly empowered administrative officer. (See also: Court Order and Support Order)

Order (Divorce)

A court's specific ruling on a disputed issue.

Order (Ecology)

The fourth group that scientists classify living things into. Each class is split into orders. Example: The Rodent Order is in the Mammal Class.

Order (Energy)

A ruling issued by a utility commission granting or denying an application in whole or in part. The order explains the basis for the decision, noting any dispute with the factual assertions of the applicant. Also applied to a final regulation of a utility commission.

Order (Entomological)

A subdivision of a class or subclass containing a group of related families. Organophosphates. Organic compounds containing phosphorous; an important group of synthetic insecticides belong to this class of chemicals.

Order (Evolution)

The taxonomic classification level between class and family. For example, within the class Mammalia, there are several orders, including the meat-eaters, who make up the order Carnivora; and the insect-eaters, grouped together in the order Insectivora. The orders in turn are divided into families; the order Carnivora includes the families Felidae (the cats), Canidae (the dogs), and Ursidae (the bears), among others. See also taxon.

Order (Finance)

Instruction to a broker/dealer to buy, sell, deliver, or receive securities or commodities that commits the issuer of the "order" to the terms specified. See: indication, inquiry, bid wanted, offer wanted.

Order (Financial)

Is a set of instructions with the intent of executing a transaction. The following is a list of order types. See: All or None (AON) or All or Nothing, Buy on Close, Buy on Opening, Contingent, Discretionary, Non-Discretionary, Do Not Reduce (DNR) , Exchange for Physicals (EFP) , Fill or Kill (FOK) , Good Till Canceled (GTC) , Immediate or Cancel (IOC) , Limit (LMT) , Market, Market if Touched (MIT), Market on Close (MOC) , Market on Opening, Not Held, One Cancels the Other (OCO), Open Order, Sell on Close, Sell on Opening, Stop (STP), Stop Limit (STP LMT), and various combinations as with spreads, options, and other instruments. Is a set of instructions with the intent of executing a transaction. The following is a list of order types. See: All or None (AON) or All or Nothing, Buy on Close, Buy on Opening, Contingent, Discretionary, Non-Discretionary, Do Not Reduce (DNR) , Exchange for Physicals (EFP) , Fill or Kill (FOK) , Good Till Canceled (GTC) , Immediate or Cancel (IOC) , Limit (LMT) , Market, Market if Touched (MIT), Market on Close (MOC) , Market on Opening, Not Held, One Cancels the Other (OCO), Open Order, Sell on Close, Sell on Opening, Stop (STP), Stop Limit (STP LMT), and various combinations as with spreads, options, and other instruments.

Order (Insect)

A subdivision of a class or subclass containing a group of related families. Organophosphates. Organic compounds containing phosphorous; an important group of synthetic insecticides belong to this class of chemicals.

Order (Landscape)

One of the five classical architectural formulas consisting of base, column, and entablature: seen most easily in the capital of a column, the orders range from the plainest (Tuscan and Doric) to the scrolled Ionic, the leafy Corinthian, and the most elaborate Composite, a combination of the Ionic and Corinthian.

Order (Law)

A mandate, command, or direction authoritatively given. Direction of a court or judge made in writing.

Order (Legal)

A mandate, command, or direction authoritatively given. Direction of a court or judge made in writing.

Order (Nursing Home Abuse)

Written direction or command made by a court or judge, and not included in a judgment.

Order (Parliamentary Procedure)

(ordre) - A decision of the House giving a direction to its committees, Members or officers, or regulating its proceedings. Orders may be divided into standing, sessional and special orders according to their period of application. - Compare: resolution; Standing Orders

Order (Personal Injury Law)

Written direction or command made by a court or judge, and not included in a judgment. See also decree.

Order (Pests)

One of the primary divisions of the classification system. Consists of several to many families. An order is the major division under class.

Order (Public Speaking)

A consistent pattern used to develop a speech.

Order (Securities)

The specific instructions given for buying or selling a security.

Order (Speleological)

4th rank in Taxonomic system. Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species.
Biology - Flora & Fauna.

Order (Technology)

1. In computing, the relative significance of a digit or byte. High-order refers to the most significant (usually leftmost) digit or byte; low-order refers to the least significant (usually rightmost) digit or byte. 2. The magnitude of a database in terms of the number of fields it contains. 3. The sequence in which arithmetic operations are performed.To arrange in a sequence, such as alphabetic or numeric.

Order (William Shakespeare)

Measures.

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