ordered pair
A set of two numbers arranged in a particular order, normally written as (1st-number, 2nd-number), in which both the order and the values have agreed-upon meanings.

For example, the coordinates of a point on a Cartesian coordinate plane is written as (x,y), in which x is the horizontal coordinate and y is the vertical coordinate.


Related Term: Cartesian coordinate system


 
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