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Definition of ordinal number in English: ordinal numbernoun A number defining the position of something in a series, such as ‘first’, ‘second’, or ‘third’. Ordinal numbers are used as adjectives, nouns, and pronouns. Compare with cardinal number Example sentencesExamples - His work on ordered sets and ordinal numbers is fundamental to the subject.
- However, it was not to be, but the second paper describes his theory of well-ordered sets and ordinal numbers.
- We should say immediately that the ancient Greeks had different systems for cardinal numbers and ordinal numbers so we must look carefully at what we mean by Greek number systems.
- This pattern of language differences for ordinal numbers is reminiscent of findings for cardinal numbers in a number of ways.
- It basically revolves round the set of all ordinal numbers.
Definition of ordinal number in US English: ordinal numbernounˈôrdnəl ˈnəmbər A number defining a thing's position in a series, such as “first,” “second,” or “third.” Ordinal numbers are used as adjectives, nouns, and pronouns. Compare with cardinal number Example sentencesExamples - His work on ordered sets and ordinal numbers is fundamental to the subject.
- It basically revolves round the set of all ordinal numbers.
- However, it was not to be, but the second paper describes his theory of well-ordered sets and ordinal numbers.
- We should say immediately that the ancient Greeks had different systems for cardinal numbers and ordinal numbers so we must look carefully at what we mean by Greek number systems.
- This pattern of language differences for ordinal numbers is reminiscent of findings for cardinal numbers in a number of ways.
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