a. | 1. | Indicating order or succession; |
2. | Of or pertaining to an order. | |
n. | 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. |
Noun | 1. | ordinal - the number designating place in an ordered sequence Synonyms: no., ordinal number |
Adj. | 1. | ordinal - of or relating to a taxonomic order; "family and ordinal names of animals and plants" |
2. | ordinal - being or denoting a numerical order in a series; "ordinal numbers"; "held an ordinal rank of seventh" Antonyms: cardinal - being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers" |
(mathematics) | ordinal - An isomorphism class of well-ordered sets. |