- In set theory, an
ordinal number, or
ordinal, is a
generalization of
ordinal numerals (first, second, nth, etc.)
aimed to
extend enumeration to infinite...
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other languages,
different ordinal indicators are used to
write ordinal numbers. In
American Sign Language, the
ordinal numbers first through ninth are formed...
- are
called ordinal numbers.
Natural numbers are also used as labels, like
jersey numbers on a
sports team,
where they
serve as
nominal numbers and do not...
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mathematical or
computer science context.
Ordinal numbers predate the
invention of zero and
positional notation.
Ordinal numbers such as 21st, 33rd, etc., are formed...
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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...
- 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...
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which are
cardinal numbers used to
quantify the size of
infinite sets, and the
transfinite ordinals,
which are
ordinal numbers used to
provide an ordering...
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Regnal numbers are
ordinal numbers used to
distinguish among persons with the same name who held the same office. Most importantly, they are used to distinguish...
- dvésto pŕvi.
Adverbial numbers indicate a repetition, and come in two forms,
corresponding to the
cardinal and
ordinal numbers. The
cardinal adverbials...
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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...
