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ordinal

[awr-dn-uhl] / ˈɔr dn əl /


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There are 25 Helena Drives in Brentwood, each a cul-de-sac preceded by a different ordinal number — 7th, 19th, etc.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2024

The team also noted that drawings showing ordinal representations were more frequently associated with a one-step solution, even if the problem was cardinal.

From Science Daily Mar. 7, 2024

“The only way a person could determine an elector’s ordinal position is by personally observing that elector cast his or her ballot.”

From Seattle Times Mar. 4, 2024

In other words, Mr. Forman invited applicants to observe, collect and then make ordinal sense of exactly the same jungle of information the U.S.

From Washington Post Dec. 4, 2022

Dedekind and Peano have worked out such ordinal theories of the number concept.

From International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics by Various




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