ordinal
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[ awr-dn-uh l ]
/ ˈɔr dn əl /
adjective
of or relating to an order, as of animals or plants.
of or relating to order, rank, or position in a series.
noun
an ordinal number or numeral.
Origin of ordinal
1OTHER WORDS FROM ordinal
or·di·nal·ly, adverbWords nearby ordinal
Example sentences from the Web for ordinally
The relation-number of a relation is the class whose members are all those relations which are ordinally similar to it.
These animals are at least ordinally distinct from us in those grades of groups in which naturalists arrange animals.
The Story of the Earth and Man |J. W. DawsonAlso, two relations need not be serial in order to be ordinally similar; but if one is serial, so is the other.
British Dictionary definitions for ordinally
ordinal
/ (ˈɔːdɪnəl) /
adjective
denoting a certain position in a sequence of numbers
of, relating to, or characteristic of an order in biological classification
noun
short for ordinal number
a book containing the forms of services for the ordination of ministers
RC Church
a service book
Word Origin for ordinal
C14: (in the sense: orderly): from Late Latin
ordinalis denoting order or place in a series, from Latin
ordō
order