Their basic mathematics, incidentally, begins with ordinal and not cardinal numbers, and the mathematics of cardinal numbers is regarded as a limiting case imposed on more intuitively accepted ordinalities. However, it turns out that most ordinals end in -ëa, displacing the final vowel of the corresponding cardinal number.
He had not had as much experience as Ordinal, it was true, but he had been married twice. In fact, Angela left us for a good half hour to flirt with Lord Jude, while Marian and I endured the company of Ordinal of Wirsten for even longer. Ordinal may refer to: Ordinal data, a statistical data type consisting of numerical scores that exist on an arbitrary numerical scale Ordinal date, a simple form of expressing a date using only the year and the day number within that year Ordinal indicator. the number designating place in an ordered.
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" n. 2 A book used in the ordination of Anglican ministers, or in certain.ĭouglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology DictionaryĮarly 14c., "book setting forth the order of services in the Church," from Late Latin adjective ordinalis (see ordinal (adj.)).Īdj. 1 An ordinal number such as first, second and third. 2 (context taxonomy English) Of or relating to the groupings called orders. 1 Of a number, indicating position in a sequence. Wiktionary Word definitions in WiktionaryĪ. Indicating order or succession as, the ordinal numbers, first, second, third, etc. The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions for ordinal in dictionaries Uproar during exam leads to third for one.Referring to some numbers Adrian regularly used in exam.Second, perhaps, to have spoken about loud noise.Concerned with class - that's unusual in a lord.The number designating place in an ordered sequence.
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