ordinal scale
noun
statistics
a scale on which data is shown simply in order of magnitude since there is no standard of measurement of differences: for instance, a squash ladder is an ordinal scale since one can say only that one person is better than another, but not by how much
Compare interval scale, ratio scale, nominal scale
Words nearby ordinal scale
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ordinance,
ordinand,
ordinariate,
ordinarily,
ordinary