1.
[syn: ordinal number, ordinal, no.]
ADJECTIVE (2)
1. of or relating to a taxonomic order;
- Example: "family and ordinal names of animals and plants"
2. being or denoting a numerical order in a series;
- Example: "ordinal numbers"
- Example: "held an ordinal rank of seventh"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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. Contrasted to cardinal.
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2. Of or pertaining to an order.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ordinal \Or"di*nal\, n.
1. A word or number denoting order or succession.
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2. (Ch. of Eng.) The book of forms for making, ordaining, and
consecrating bishops, priests, and deacons.
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3. (R. C. Ch.) A book containing the rubrics of the Mass.
[Written also ordinale.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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 1: the number designating place in an ordered sequence [syn:
ordinal number, ordinal, no.]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
ordinal
An isomorphism class of well-ordered sets.
(1995-03-10)