ordinal
Example Sentences
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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
The assumption is that something of the essence of institutions, public or private, small or large, religious or not, can be distilled by crunching data and assembling lists with ordinal numbers.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 24, 2023
The usual statement is that one, two, three, ... are cardinal numbers, and first, second, third, ... are ordinal numbers.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various
