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ordinal

1

[ awr-dn-uhl ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to an order, as of animals or plants.
  2. of or relating to order, rank, or position in a series.


noun

  1. an ordinal number or numeral.

ordinal

2

[ awr-dn-uhl ]

noun

  1. a directory of ecclesiastical services.
  2. a book containing the forms for the ordination of priests, consecration of bishops, etc.

ordinal

/ ˈɔːɪə /

adjective

  1. denoting a certain position in a sequence of numbers
  2. of, relating to, or characteristic of an order in biological classification
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. short for ordinal number
  2. a book containing the forms of services for the ordination of ministers
  3. RC Church a service book
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • ǰd·Բ· adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ordinal1

1590–1600; < Late Latin ō徱 in order equivalent to Latin ō徱- (stem of ōō ) order + - -al 1

Origin of ordinal2

1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin ō徱, noun use of neuter of ō徱 in order. See ordinal 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ordinal1

C14: (in the sense: orderly): from Late Latin ordinalis denoting order or place in a series, from Latin ǰō order
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The team also noted that drawings showing ordinal representations were more frequently associated with a one-step solution, even if the problem was cardinal.

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“The only way a person could determine an elector’s ordinal position is by personally observing that elector cast his or her ballot.”

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The assumption is that something of the essence of institutions, public or private, small or large, religious or not, can be distilled by crunching data and assembling lists with ordinal numbers.

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In other words, Mr. Forman invited applicants to observe, collect and then make ordinal sense of exactly the same jungle of information the U.S.

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The sections are constructed of scraps and vignettes, fragmentary pieces of memory that hop around the time line, following their own ordinal logic.

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