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Subject:Re: Are there any word/language guru's out there? From:Stuart Burnfield <slb -at- FS -dot- COM -dot- AU> Date:Fri, 11 Aug 1995 10:46:01 +0800
suej -at- annamay -dot- bbn -dot- hp -dot- com wrote:
>Has anyone got any idea for a phrase I could use instead of the word
>"lexicographical", in the context of a listing (i.e. "nodes/templates
>are listed in lexicographical order")?
'Lexical order' might work if what is meant is 'dictionary order'. But
if this is so then 'dictionary order' is better still.
I think the obvious conclusion from all the answers to Sue's question
is that there isn't a single unambiguous term. She'll have to explain
it somewhere in more detail.
"nodes/templates are listed in lexicographical order. This means that
they appear in the same order as they would in a dictionary -- for
example 'BASIC' appears after 'basic' and before 'basic English'" (or
whatever).
Regards
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