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ordinal
1.
[ adjective ]
being or denoting a numerical order in a series
Examples:
"ordinal numbers"
"held an ordinal rank of seventh"
Related terms:
cardinal
second
third
first
fourth
nineteenth
fifth
eighth
sixth
ninth
twentieth
fifteenth
eighteenth
tenth
seventh
seventeenth
twenty-fifth
twenty-first
21st
thirtieth
sixteenth
eleventh
twelfth
twenty-eighth
thirteenth
zero
fiftieth
seventieth
fourteenth
twenty-fourth
200th
190th
500th
31st
400th
180th
34th
35th
33rd
37th
hundredth
ninetieth
eightieth
sixtieth
43rd
44th
42nd
46th
trillionth
billionth
millionth
65th
75th
55th
95th
101st
22nd
nth
thousandth
fortieth
115th
125th
110th
135th
120th
300th
115th
105th
155th
32nd
165th
130th
175th
36th
140th
38th
39th
41st
135th
125th
twenty-third
45th
300th
47th
48th
49th
150th
145th
155th
85th
zeroth
101st
105th
110th
twenty-seventh
120th
165th
130th
160th
140th
145th
150th
175th
160th
170th
170th
twenty-ninth
180th
190th
200th
twenty-sixth
400th
500th
twenty-second
umpteenth
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2.
[ adjective ]
of or relating to a taxonomic order
Examples:
"family and ordinal names of animals and plants"
Related terms:
order
3.
[ noun ]
(mathematics) the number designating place in an ordered sequence
Synonyms:
no.
ordinal_number
Related terms:
number
first
Similar spelling:
ordinarily
ordinate
ordinary
ordinand
ordinance
Orduna
ordain
ordination
ordnance
ordainer
ordained
Orton
ordaining