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What does Ordinal mean?

Definitions for Ordinal
ˈɔr dn əlor·di·nal

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ordinal number, ordinal, no.adjective

    the number designating place in an ordered sequence

  2. ordinaladjective

    of or relating to a taxonomic order

    "family and ordinal names of animals and plants"

  3. ordinaladjective

    being or denoting a numerical order in a series

    "ordinal numbers"; "held an ordinal rank of seventh"

GCIDE

  1. Ordinaladjective

    Indicating order or succession; as, the ordinal numbers, first, second, third, etc. Contrasted to cardinal.

Wiktionary

  1. ordinalnoun

    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

  2. ordinalnoun

    A book used in the ordination of Anglican ministers, or in certain Roman Catholic services

  3. ordinaladjective

    Of a number, indicating position in a sequence.

  4. Etymology: ordinalis, adjective formed from noun ordo, order, + adjective suffix -alis

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Ordinaladjective

    Noting order: as, second, third.

    Etymology: ordinal, Fr. ordinalis, Lat.

    The moon’s age is thus found, add to the epact the day of the month and the ordinal number of that month from March inclusive, because the epact begins at March, and the sum of those, casting away thirty or twenty-nine, as often as it ariseth, is the age of the moon. William Holder.

  2. Ordinalnoun

    A ritual; a book containing orders. Robert Ainsworth

    Etymology: ordinal, Fr. ordinale, Latin.

ChatGPT

  1. ordinal

    An ordinal is a number or term that indicates position or order in relation to others, often in a series. It is used to denote a rank or place in a sequence, such as "first", "second", "third", and so on. In mathematics, particularly set theory, an ordinal number represents the order type of a well-ordered set.

Anagrams for Ordinal »

  1. Lorinda

  2. rinaldo

  3. rodinal

  4. nailrod

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Ordinal in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Ordinal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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