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- noun Plural form of
ordinal .
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Examples
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Certain Spanish ordinals, the original of which must date from the seventh century or earlier, contain a quite different rite for the blessing of bells (Ferotin, onumenta Liturgica, V 160).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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These got too dry to smooth out, so I sort of lathed them on the giffin grip, which means that they have a concentric circle pattern from several different ordinals.
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I actually understand the differences between cardinals and ordinals.
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Sorry to be a downer, but like the piece on loneliness below, the issue is only going to become more prevalent as the baby boomers reach the upper ordinals and start losing partners and/or facing grim futures.
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These got too dry to smooth out, so I sort of lathed them on the giffin grip, which means that they have a concentric circle pattern from several different ordinals.
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I actually understand the differences between cardinals and ordinals.
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He extended Peano arithmetic through transfinite ordinals and made the transfinite induction principle part of this extended calculus.
Chores 2009
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In constructive contexts, the ordinals are not linearly ordered.
Set Theory: Constructive and Intuitionistic ZF Crosilla, Laura 2009
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As for numbers, Associated Press style is spell out one through nine, numerals above, same for ordinals.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Spelling Out Numbers vs. Writing Them Using Digits 2009
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The rule we have in for military reporting is: units of measure, numerals; ordinals, words; references to report numbers or other documents, numberals; quantities, words for one through nine, numerals for larger numbers.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Spelling Out Numbers vs. Writing Them Using Digits 2009
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