Usually means: Subset closed under taking predecessors.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (lower set)

▸ noun:  (mathematics, order theory) A subset of a poset which contains any descending chain which starts at any element of itself.

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upper set, chain, multichain, well-order, algebraic poset, poset, subposet, antichain, ordered set, downset, more...

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upper set, chain, multichain, well-order, algebraic poset, poset, subposet, antichain, ordered set, downset, more...



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