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Definition of Ordinal

Ordinal
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.
Ordinal
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.]

Meaning of Ordinal from wikipedia

- Look up ordinal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ordinal may refer to: Ordinal data, a statistical data type consisting of numerical scores that exist...
- In set theory, an ordinal number, or ordinal, is a generalization of ordinal numerals (first, second, nth, etc.) aimed to extend enumeration to infinite...
- Ordinal data is a categorical, statistical data type where the variables have natural, ordered categories and the distances between the categories are...
- In linguistics, ordinal numerals or ordinal number words are words representing position or rank in a sequential order; the order may be of size, importance...
- written languages, an ordinal indicator is a character, or group of characters, following a numeral denoting that it is an ordinal number, rather than a...
- is the third largest city in the country"), in which case they serve as ordinal numbers. Natural numbers are sometimes used as labels—also known as nominal...
- In statistics, ordinal regression, also called ordinal classification, is a type of regression analysis used for predicting an ordinal variable, i.e....
- south, and west are at 90 degree intervals in the clockwise direction. The ordinal directions (also called the intercardinal directions) are northeast (NE)...
- In proof theory, ordinal analysis ****igns ordinals (often large countable ordinals) to mathematical theories as a measure of their strength. If theories...
- An ordinal date is a calendar date typically consisting of a year and an ordinal number, ranging between 1 and 366 (starting on January 1), representing...