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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ordinal \Or"di*nal\, adjective [L. ordinalis, fr. ordo, ordinis, order. See {Order}.]
1. Indicating order or succession; as, the ordinal numbers, first, second, third, etc. Contrasted to {cardinal}. [1913 Webster +PJC]
2. Of or pertaining to an order.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ordinal \Or"di*nal\, noun
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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ordinal
adjective
1: of or relating to a taxonomic order; "family and ordinal names of animals and plants"
2: being or denoting a numerical order in a series; "ordinal numbers"; "held an ordinal rank of seventh" [ant: {cardinal}]
noun: the number designating place in an ordered sequence [syn: {ordinal number}, {no.}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
114 Moby Thesaurus words for "ordinal": Gaussian integer, Sefer Torah, Torah, Torah scroll, Virginal, algebraic number, algorismic, algorithmic, aliquot, breviary, canon, cardinal, cardinal number, categorical, catenary, characteristic, church book, classificational, classificatory, complex number, consecutive, decimal, defective number, defining, denominative, differential, digital, distinctive, divisional, divisionary, euchologion, euchology, even, even number, exponential, farse, figural, figurate, figurative, finite, finite number, formulary, fraction, fractional, imaginary, imaginary number, impair, impossible, infinite, infinity, integer, integral, irrational, irrational number, lectionary, lineal, linear, litany, logarithmic, logometric, machzor, manual, missal, mixed number, negative, numeral, numerary, numerative, numeric, odd, pair, particular, peculiar, polygonal number, pontifical, positive, possible, prayer book, prime, prime number, progressive, pure imaginary, radical, rational, rational number, real, real number, reciprocal, rectangular number, ritual, rituale, round number, rubric, sequent, sequential, serial, serial number, seriate, service book, siddur, special, specific, subdivisional, submultiple, successional, successive, surd, taxonomic, transcendental, transcendental number, transfinite number, typal, typical, whole number
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
ordinal An {isomorphism class} of {well-ordered set}s. (1995-03-10)
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