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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ordinal \Or"di*nal\, a. [L. ordinalis, fr ordo, ordinis order
See {Order}.]
1. Indicating order or succession; as the ordinal numbers,
first second third etc
2. Of or pertaining to an order
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ordinal \Or"di*nal\, n.
1. A word or number denoting order or succession.
2. (Ch. of Eng.) The book of forms for making, ordaining, and
consecrating bishops, priests, and deacons.
3. (R. C. Ch.) A book containing the rubrics of the Mass.
[Written also {ordinale}.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
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.}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
ordinal
An {isomorphism class} of {well-ordered set}s.
(1995-03-10)
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