ordinal
Indicating position in a sequenceIndicating position in a sequence.
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» Eight hundredth, nine hundredth and one thousandth are ordinal numbers.
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3 senses(not comparable)Indicating position in a sequence.
"Three" is a cardinal number, while "third" is the corresponding ordinal number.
ordinal
поря́дковыйporjádkovyj
(not comparable)Pertaining to a taxon at the rank of order.
of or relating to a taxonomic order
(not comparable)Intercardinal.
Examples
3 sentencesEight hundredth, nine hundredth and one thousandth are ordinal numbers.
One is a cardinal number; first is an ordinal number.
Some countries use ordinal numbers to count millennia, whereas others count them using cardinal numbers.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Latin ōrdinālis, adjective formed from noun ōrdō (“order”), + adjective suffBorrowed from Latin ōrdinālis, adjective formed from noun ōrdō (“order”), + adjective suffix -ālis.
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