- Look up
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...
- 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...
- In
proof theory,
ordinal analysis ****igns
ordinals (often
large countable ordinals) to
mathematical theories as a
measure of
their strength. If theories...
- 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...
- v(C)=1} The
functions u and v are
ordinally equivalent – they
represent George's
preferences equally well.
Ordinal utility contrasts with
cardinal utility...
- 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...
-
written languages, an
ordinal indicator is a character, or
group of characters,
following a
numeral denoting that it is an
ordinal number,
rather than a...
-
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...
- mathematics, ψ0(Ωω),
widely known as Buchholz's
ordinal[citation needed], is a
large countable ordinal that is used to
measure the proof-theoretic strength...
