lexicographically
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"Lexicographically" refers to the ordering of words or sequences of characters based on the alphabetical order of their constituent letters. In other words, when we arrange words or sequences of characters in lexicographic order, we sort them in the same way that we would sort words in a dictionary.
For example, consider the following list of words:
apple, banana, carrot, grapefruit, lemon
When we arrange these words in lexicographic order, we get:
apple, banana, carrot, grapefruit, lemon
This is because "apple" comes first in the dictionary, followed by "banana," "carrot," "grapefruit," and "lemon."
Note that in lexicographic order, the first letter of each word is compared first, and if those letters are the same, then the second letter is compared, and so on. This process continues until the two words being compared differ in one or more letters, at which point the word with the "earlier" letter is considered to come first in the lexicographic order.