ordinal : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ordinal	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for ordinal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ordinal adj of or relating to a taxonomic order; "family and ordinal names of animals and plants" being or denoting a numerical order in a series; "ordinal numbers"; "held an ordinal rank of seventh" Antonym(s): cardinal n the number designating place in an ordered sequence [syn: ordinal number, ordinal, no.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ordinal \Or"dinal\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ordinal An {isomorphism class} of {well-ordered set}s. (1995-03-10)