Associations to the word «Ordinal»

Wiktionary

ORDINAL, adjective. Of a number, indicating position in a sequence.
ORDINAL, adjective. (taxonomy) Of or relating to the groupings called orders.
ORDINAL, noun. An ordinal number such as first, second and third.
ORDINAL, noun. A book used in the ordination of Anglican ministers, or in certain Roman Catholic services
ORDINAL ADJECTIVE, noun. A ordinal number used as an adjective
ORDINAL DIRECTION, noun. An intercardinal direction.
ORDINAL INDICATOR, noun. A sign adjacent to a numeral denoting that it is an ordinal number, rather than a cardinal number.
ORDINAL INDICATORS, noun. Plural of ordinal indicator
ORDINAL NUMBER, noun. (grammar) A word that expresses the relative position of an item in an ordered sequence.
ORDINAL NUMBER, noun. (arithmetic) A number used to denote position in a sequence.
ORDINAL NUMBER, noun. (mathematics) A generalized kind of number to denote the length of a well-order on a set.
ORDINAL NUMBERS, noun. Plural of ordinal number
ORDINAL RANK, noun. A specified position in a numbered series.
ORDINAL SCALE, noun. A scale whose values can be compared; formally, a scale whose set of values is totally ordered.
ORDINAL SCALES, noun. Plural of ordinal scale
ORDINAL VARIABLE, noun. (statistics) A variable with values whose order is significant, but on which no meaningful arithmetic-like operations can be performed.
ORDINAL VARIABLES, noun. Plural of ordinal variable

Dictionary definition

ORDINAL, noun. The number designating place in an ordered sequence.
ORDINAL, adjective. Of or relating to a taxonomic order; "family and ordinal names of animals and plants".
ORDINAL, adjective. Being or denoting a numerical order in a series; "ordinal numbers"; "held an ordinal rank of seventh".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley