Definition of Ordinals. Meaning of Ordinals. Synonyms of Ordinals

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Definition of Ordinals

Ordinal
Ordinal Or"di*nal, a. [L. ordinalis, fr. ordo, ordinis, order. See Order.] 1. Indicating order or succession; as, the ordinal numbers, first, second, third, etc. 2. Of or pertaining to an order.
Ordinal
Ordinal Or"di*nal, n. 1. A word or number denoting order or succession. 2. (Ch. of Eng.) The book of forms for making, ordaining, and consecrating bishops, priests, and deacons. 3. (R. C. Ch.) A book containing the rubrics of the Mass. [Written also ordinale.]

Meaning of Ordinals from wikipedia

- between different outcomes. Regnal ordinal, used to distinguish monarchs and popes with the same regnal name Edwardine Ordinals, two early liturgical books of...
- by the set of ordinals that precede it. In fact, the most common definition of ordinals identifies each ordinal as the set of ordinals that precede it...
- ordinals and the ordinals ω+1, ω+2 and ω+3 are the first three infinite successor ordinals. Every ordinal other than 0 is either a successor ordinal or...
- sorts of prime ordinals: The finite primes 2, 3, 5, ... The ordinals of the form ωωα for any ordinal α. These are the prime ordinals that are limits...
- Ordinal data is a categorical, statistical data type where the variables have natural, ordered categories and the distances between the categories are...
- In proof theory, ordinal analysis ****igns ordinals (often large countable ordinals) to mathematical theories as a measure of their strength. If theories...
- the ordinals are superscripted to conform to Peirce's style; "2nd" and "3rd" are emended to "2nd" and "3rd". When Peirce typed abbreviated ordinals on...
- 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...
- topology. The set of limit points of an ordinal α is precisely the set of limit ordinals less than α. Successor ordinals (and zero) less than α are isolated...
- non-recursive ordinals are large countable ordinals greater than all the recursive ordinals, and therefore can not be expressed using recursive ordinal notations...