ordinal

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However, the regnal ordinal is always a capital Roman numeral.

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  1. adjective Being of a specified position in a numbered series: an ordinal rank of seventh.
  2. adjective Of or relating to a taxonomic order.
  3. noun An ordinal number.
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  • The contradiction about the greatest ordinal was discovered by Burali-Forti before I discovered my contradiction, but the matter in his case was much more complex, and I had therefore allowed myself to suppose that there was some unimportant error in the reasoning. —  My Philosophical Development
  • The prototypal is to intend you discover of bottom in the farewell and the ordinal is to intend you to spend whatever change apiece morning. —  www.awesomeblogs.com
  • Instead, identify the frame by its ordinal: document. frames [0] (for first frame in the document) inside the "dotted-path" - use square brackets —  AutoHotkey Community
  • Slide 26: MANOVA Interaction  If significant interactions are ordinal, researcher must interpret the interaction term carefully  If significant interaction is disordinal however, main effects of the treatments cannot be interpreted and study must be redesigned (treatments do not represent a consistent effect) —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • However, the regnal ordinal is always a capital Roman numeral. —  Benito's Wine Reviews
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  1. Middle English ordinel, orderly, regular, from Late Latin ōrdinālis, ordinal, from Latin ōrdō, ōrdin-, order; see ar- in Indo-European roots. N., sense 2, from Middle English, from Medieval Latin ōrdināle, from Late Latin, neuter sing. of ōrdinālis, ordinal.

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  1. from Middle English ordinall, from Old French (and F.) ordinal = Spanish Portuguese ordinal = Italian ordinate, from Late Latin ordinalis, of order, denoting order (as a numeral), from Latin ordo (ordin-), order: see order, n.
 

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/ˈɔrdɪnəl/
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