arranged; serial; specified
number which shows place in a series; Roman Catholic instruction booklet for a service
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Ordinal Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The book of forms for making, ordaining, and consecrating bishops, priests, and deacons.
The book of forms for making, ordaining, and consecrating bishops, priests, and deacons.
(n.)
A word or number denoting order or succession.
A word or number denoting order or succession.
(n.)
A book containing the rubrics of the Mass.
A book containing the rubrics of the Mass.
(a.)
Of or pertaining to an order.
Of or pertaining to an order.
(a.)
Indicating order or succession; as, the ordinal numbers, first, second, third, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutIndicating order or succession; as, the ordinal numbers, first, second, third, etc.
ordinal
see ordinal
similar words(1)
von neumann ordinal
That form of the numeral that shows the order of anything in a series, as first, second, third.
Deddfoli = v. to make ordinal
Rhestrol = a. ordinal; arrayed
Noun
1. the number designating place in an ordered sequence
(synonym) ordinal number, no.
(hypernym) number
(hyponym) first, number one, number 1
Adjective
1. of or relating to a taxonomic order; "family and ordinal names of animals and plants"
(pertainym) order
2. being or denoting a numerical order in a series; "ordinal numbers"; "held an ordinal rank of seventh"
(antonym) cardinal
(similar) zero
Ordinal Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
ordinal numbers do not establish magnitude or relative proportions, like first, second, and third.
Ordinal Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Ordinal may refer to:
- Ordinal number (linguistics), a word representing the rank of a number
- Ordinal scale, ranking things that are not necessarily numbers
- Ordinal indicator, the sign adjacent to a numeral denoting that it is an ordinal number
- Ordinal number in set theory, a number type with order structures
- Ordinal date, a simple form of expressing a date using only the year and the day number within that year
- Monarchical ordinal, used to distinguish monarchs and popes with the same regnal name
- In liturgy, an ordinal is a book that gives the ordo (ritual and rubrics) for celebrations
- In Anglicanism, the Ordinal is the book containing the rites for the ordination of deacons and priests, and the consecration of bishops. Typically, this is printed with the Book of Common Prayer.
- In statistics, ordinal data is one level of measurement
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Ordinal Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries
In the 6.0 scoring system, each skater or team is given a score that is converted into an ordinal or "place." The skater or team that receives the highest marks from a judge is awarded the first-place mark or ordinal from that judge.
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