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Antonyms for ordinal

Grammar : Noun
Spell : awr-dn-uh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔr dn əl

Definition of ordinal

Origin :
  • early 14c., "book setting forth the order of services in the Church," from Late Latin adjective ordinalis (see ordinal (adj.)).
  • As in number : noun unit of the mathematical system
Example sentences :
  • Phauloptera: an ordinal term for the scale insects (Laporte 1835).
  • Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
  • Ordinal—That form of the numeral that shows the order of anything in a series.
  • Extract from : « Capitals » by Frederick W. Hamilton
  • If the ordinal expression of number be used on the title-page, the figures may be given, and the ordinal termination omitted.
  • Extract from : « Smithsonian Report on the Construction of Catalogues of Libraries and their Publication by Means of Separate, Stereotyped Titles » by Charles C. Jewett
  • An 'ordinal' is a book showing the order of church services and ceremonies.
  • Extract from : « Fourteenth Century Verse & Prose » by Various
  • Ordinal numerals are adjectives which answer the question "Which in order?"
  • Extract from : « A Complete Grammar of Esperanto » by Ivy Kellerman Reed
  • He was not given the title of king, and no ordinal number followed his name.
  • Extract from : « Penguin Island » by Anatole France
  • A full stop is placed after most abbreviations, after initial letters, and after ordinal numbers in Roman characters.
  • Extract from : « "Stops" » by Paul Allardyce
  • Being adjectives, the Ordinal Numbers take the plural j and accusative n when necessary.
  • Extract from : « The Esperanto Teacher » by Helen Fryer
  • Others give lists of the cardinal and ordinal numbers in French, and one adds to these a nomenclature of the different colours.
  • Extract from : « The Teaching and Cultivation of the French Language in England during Tudor and Stuart Times » by Kathleen Lambley
  • Twelve is, 'two and ten;' and twelfth, 'second after the tenth, the ordinal of twelve.'
  • Extract from : « Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works » by Anonymous

Synonyms for ordinal

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