What is a number ordinal?

Question

what does ordinal numbers mean

Answer 1

noun.

a number defining the position of something in a series.

ex. first, second, third, fourth

example sentence. She was fifth in line.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

A number indicating position in a series or order. The ordinal numbers are first (1st), second (2nd), third (3rd), and so on.

Computer Desktop Encyclopedia: ordinal number

The number that identifies the sequence of an item, for example, record #34. Contrast with cardinal number.

Measures and Units: ordinal number

The number expressing order, e.g. first, second, as distinct from the cardinal numbers one, two, and so on.

Science Dictionary: ordinal numbers

Numbers that indicate the order or position of something in a group or set, such as first, second, or fifteenth. (Compare cardinal numbers.)

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