Ordinal Number Definition

ôrdn-əl
noun
Any number used to indicate order (e.g., second, ninth, 25th) in a particular series.
Webster's New World

(grammar) A word that expresses the relative position of an item in an ordered sequence.

First, second and third are the ordinal numbers corresponding to one, two and three.
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(mathematics) A generalized kind of number to denote the length of a well-order on a set.

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Synonyms:
adjective
Attributive form of ordinal number, noun.
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Other Word Forms of Ordinal Number

Noun

Singular:
ordinal number
Plural:
ordinal-numbers

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