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41set piece — n 1.) part of a play, piece of music, painting etc that follows a well known formal pattern or style, and is often very impressive ▪ The trial scene is a classic set piece. 2.) BrE a move such as a ↑free kick or a ↑corner in a game of football,… …
42set\ back\ on\ one's\ heels — • set back on one s heels • knock back on one s heels v. phr. informal To give an unpleasant surprise; upset suddenly; stop or turn back (someone s) progress. Jack brags too much and it set him back on his heels when the coach told him he wasn t… …
43well-to-do — [adj] well off affluent, comfortable, flourishing, loaded, moneyed, prosperous, rich, rolling in it*, set for life*, snug, successful, wealthy; concept 334 …
44set the standard — phrase to perform an activity at a level that other people have to try to achieve a company that sets the standard in overnight delivery Thesaurus: to do something well or better than someone elsesynonym Main entry: set …
45set something back from something — ˌset sth ˈback (from sth) derived usually passive to place sth, especially a building, at a distance from sth • The house is set well back from the road. Main entry: ↑setderived …
46Well-order — In mathematics, a well order relation (or well ordering) on a set S is a total order on S with the property that every non empty subset of S has a least element in this ordering.Equivalently, a well ordering is a well founded total order.The set… …
47set theory — the branch of mathematics that deals with relations between sets. [1940 45] * * * Branch of mathematics that deals with the properties of sets. It is most valuable as applied to other areas of mathematics, which borrow from and adapt its… …
48Well-founded relation — In mathematics, a binary relation, R, is well founded (or wellfounded) on a class X if and only if every non empty subset of X has a minimal element with respect to R; that is, for every non empty subset S of X, there is an element m of S such… …
49Well-quasi-ordering — In mathematics, specifically order theory, a well quasi ordering or wqo is a well founded quasi ordering with an additional restriction on sequences that there is no infinite sequence x i with x i ot le x j for all i < j . Motivation We can use… …
50Set (mathematics) — This article gives an introduction to what mathematicians call intuitive or naive set theory; for a more detailed account see Naive set theory. For a rigorous modern axiomatic treatment of sets, see Set theory. The intersection of two sets is… …
