Meaning & use
lexicographically
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in a manner based on alphabetical or dictionary order.
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The function sorts the list of names lexicographically.
The index arranges entries lexicographically rather than by topic.
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Common in computer science and linguistics to describe ordering strings character by character, similar to dictionary order.
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