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
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