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ordinal |
4 definitions found 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]: ordinalAn {isomorphism class} of {well-ordered set}s. (1995-03-10)
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