Dictionary Definition
ordinal adj
1 of or relating to a taxonomic order; "family
and ordinal names of animals and plants"
2 being or denoting a numerical order in a
series; "ordinal numbers"; "held an ordinal rank of seventh" [ant:
cardinal] n : the
number designating place in an ordered sequence [syn: ordinal
number, no.]
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English
Derived terms
Translations
- Czech: řadový , pořadový
- Croatian: redni , redna , redno
- French: ordinal, ordinaux m pl
- Latin: ordinalis
- Spanish: ordinal /
Noun
- An ordinal
number such as first,
second and third.
- The commonest numerals in Latin, as in English, are the "cardinals"...and the "ordinals"... — F. M. Wheelock, Wheelock’s Latin, 6th ed. revised (2005), p97
Translations
- Breton: niver petvediñ (pl niveroù petvediñ)
- Croatian: redni broj
- Dutch: rangtelwoord
- French: ordinal (pl ordinaux), nombre ordinal (pl nombres ordinaux)
- German: Ordinalzahl
French
Etymology
From ordinalis.Adjective
ordinalSpanish
Adjective
- ordinal. See English definition.
Extensive Definition
Ordinal may refer to:
- Ordinal number (linguistics), a word representing the rank of a number
- 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
- In statistics, ordinal data is one level of measurement.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Gaussian integer, Sefer Torah, Torah, Torah scroll, Virginal, algebraic number,
algorismic, algorithmic, aliquot, breviary, canon, cardinal, cardinal number,
categorical,
catenary, characteristic, church
book, classificational,
classificatory,
complex number, consecutive, decimal, defective number,
defining, denominative, differential, digital, distinctive, divisional, divisionary, euchologion, euchology, even, even number, exponential, farse, figural, figurate, figurative, finite, finite number, formulary, fraction, fractional, imaginary, imaginary number,
impair, impossible, infinite, infinity, integer, integral, irrational, irrational
number, lectionary,
lineal, linear, litany, logarithmic, logometric, machzor, manual, missal, mixed number, negative, numeral, numerary, numerative, numeric, odd, pair, particular, peculiar, polygonal number,
pontifical, positive, possible, prayer book, prime, prime number, progressive, pure imaginary,
radical, rational, rational number,
real, real number, reciprocal, rectangular
number, ritual, rituale, round number, rubric, sequent, sequential, serial, serial number, seriate, service book, siddur, special, specific, subdivisional, submultiple, successional, successive, surd, taxonomic, transcendental,
transcendental number, transfinite number, typal, typical, whole
number