ordinal
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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