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ordinal

or·di·nal

UK/ˈɔː.dɪ.nəl/ US/ˈɔɹ.dɪ.nəl/ uncommon
adjective (2) noun (1)

adjective

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”
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noun

1.

the number designating place in an ordered sequence

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Origin

Borrowed from Latin ōrdinālis, adjective formed from noun ōrdō (“order”), + adjective suffix -ālis.

Phrases

  • limit ordinal
  • ordinal adjective
  • ordinal date
  • ordinal direction
  • ordinal indicator
  • ordinal number
  • ordinal numeral
  • ordinal rank
  • ordinal scale
  • p-adic ordinal

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