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ordinal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Ordinal may
refer to:
Ordinal data, a
statistical data type
consisting of
numerical scores that exist...
- In set theory, an
ordinal number, or
ordinal, is a
generalization of
ordinal numerals (first, second, nth, etc.)
aimed to
extend enumeration to infinite...
- In
proof theory,
ordinal analysis ****igns
ordinals (often
large countable ordinals) to
mathematical theories as a
measure of
their strength. If theories...
- An
ordinal date is a
calendar date
typically consisting of a year and an
ordinal number,
ranging between 1 and 366 (starting on
January 1), representing...
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Ordinal data is a categorical,
statistical data type
where the
variables have natural,
ordered categories and the
distances between the
categories are...
- an
ordinal number α is the
smallest ordinal number greater than α. An
ordinal number that is a
successor is
called a
successor ordinal. The
ordinals 1...
- In linguistics,
ordinal numerals or
ordinal number words are
words representing position or rank in a
sequential order; the
order may be of size, importance...
-
limit ordinal is an
ordinal number that is
neither zero nor a
successor ordinal. Alternatively, an
ordinal λ is a
limit ordinal if
there is an
ordinal less...
- In economics, an
ordinal utility function is a
function representing the
preferences of an
agent on an
ordinal scale.
Ordinal utility theory claims that...
- In
computer programming, an
ordinal data type is a data type with the
property that its
values can be counted. That is, the
values can be put in a one-to-one...
