ordinal

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Of a number, indicating position in a sequence
An ordinal number such as first, second and third

The most common numerals in Latin, as in English, are the cardinals...and the ordinals... — F. M. Wheelock, Wheelock’s Latin, 6th ed. revised (2005), p97.

that form of the numeral that shows the order of anything in a series, as first, second, third
{a} noting due order
{n} a book of rites
The integer number that designates the order of placement of a skater within the group of skaters
Indicating order or succession; as, the ordinal numbers, first, second, third, etc
A number which identifies a column in a particular column set or rowset
– ranking the individual cases
The book of forms for making, ordaining, and consecrating bishops, priests, and deacons
A type of variable for which there is a natural ordering to the values which it can take It does not necessarily have to be numeric For example, the response to a question on a survey is ordinal if it can take the values "disagree strongly", "disagree", "agree", and "agree strongly"
Measurement based on the rank order of concepts or variables; differences among ranks need not be equal
the number designating place in an ordered sequence
Of or pertaining to an order
Data that indicate differences in terms of more and less, and that can be placed into rankings - eg: first, ninth, least unhappy
{s} arranged; serial; specified
book containing instructions for conducting the prescribed rituals of the church
being or denoting a numerical order in a series; "ordinal numbers"; "held an ordinal rank of seventh" of or relating to a taxonomic order; "family and ordinal names of animals and plants
Numerals assigned for the purpose of rank For example: 1st, 2nd, 3rd place in a race Ordinal numbers imply an order but tell nothing of the distance between the entries Thus, they give no information about how much faster the first place finisher was than the second, just that she was faster
A book containing the rubrics of the Mass
of or relating to a taxonomic order; "family and ordinal names of animals and plants
of or relating to a taxonomic order; "family and ordinal names of animals and plants"
being or denoting a numerical order in a series; "ordinal numbers"; "held an ordinal rank of seventh"
a classification of data groups which are arranged according to an underlying continuum (i e , from larger to smaller), but differences between ranks may not be equal
A word or number denoting order or succession
Ordinal numbers refer to the position: first, second, third etc
{i} number which shows place in a series; Roman Catholic instruction booklet for a service
ordinal adjective
a ordinal number used as an adjective

Example: first in first attempt.

ordinal direction
An intercardinal direction
ordinal indicator
A sign adjacent to a numeral denoting that it is an ordinal number, rather than a cardinal number
ordinal indicators
plural form of ordinal indicator
ordinal number
A number used to denote position in a sequence

In the expression a3, the 3 is an ordinal number.

ordinal number
A generalized kind of number to denote the size of a well-ordered set
ordinal number
A word that expresses the relative position of an item in an ordered sequence

First, second and third are the ordinal numbers corresponding to one, two and three.

ordinal numbers
plural form of ordinal number
ordinal rank
A specified position in a numbered series
ordinal scale
A scale whose values can be compared; formally, a scale whose set of values is totally ordered
ordinal variable
A variable with values whose order is significant, but on which no meaningful arithmetic-like operations can be performed
ordinal variables
plural form of ordinal variable
ordinal-number
Attributive form of ordinal number, noun
ordinal data
(Ticaret) Data represented by individual values that can be ordered or assigned a specific rank on a scale
ordinal number
the number designating place in an ordered sequence
ordinal number
An ordinal number or an ordinal is a word such as `first', `third', and `tenth' that tells you where a particular thing occurs in a sequence of things. Compare cardinal number. A number indicating position in a series or order. The ordinal numbers are first (1st), second (2nd), third (3rd), and so on. one of the numbers such as first, second, third etc which show the order of things cardinal number (ordinalis, from ordo; ORDER)
ordinal number
number which indicates a place in a series (first, second, etc.)
ordinal utility
(Economics) utility that can be measured quantitatively (and not numerically)
ordinals
plural of ordinal
ordinal

    Hyphenation

    or·di·nal

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    () Latin ordinalis, adjective formed from noun ordo, order, + adjective suffix -alis
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