- In set theory, an
ordinal number, or
ordinal, is a
generalization of
ordinal numerals (first, second, nth, etc.)
aimed to
extend enumeration to infinite...
- 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 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...
- like "this is the
third largest city in the country",
which are
called ordinal numbers.
Natural numbers are also used as labels, like
jersey numbers on...
-
Ordinal data is a categorical,
statistical data type
where the
variables have natural,
ordered categories and the
distances between the
categories are...
-
Regnal numbers are
ordinal numbers used to
distinguish among persons with the same name who held the same office. Most importantly, they are used to distinguish...
- said to be
ordinal definable if, informally, it can be
defined in
terms of a
finite number of
ordinals by a first-order formula.
Ordinal definable sets...
-
limit ordinal is an
ordinal number that is
neither zero nor a
successor ordinal. Alternatively, an
ordinal λ is a
limit ordinal if
there is an
ordinal less...
- In mathematics,
specifically com****bility and set theory, an
ordinal α {\displaystyle \alpha } is said to be com****ble or
recursive if
there is a com****ble...
