"::::A ""collection"" is certainly a more ""basic"" notion, than a ""combination"", as is demonstrated by the fact, that a combination is defined as a collection of a specific kind. 
 ::::I tend to agree, that the word ""objects"" looks redundant in the present formulation, so would it be better if we wrote: ""In mathematics, an ordered pair is a collection (of objects) having two coordinates (or entries or projections), such that it is distinguishable, which object is the first coordinate (or first entry or left projection) of the pair and which object is the second coordinate (or second entry or right projection) of the pair."" Would that be an improvement? 
 ::::Re ""how do you tell which coordinate is which?"" - it is easy, the first coordinate is the , which happens to be the second coordinate as well in this specific case.   

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