Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ordinal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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 : the number designating place in an ordered sequence [syn: {ordinal
number}, {no.}]
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