Ordinal
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Ordinal may refer to:
- Ordinal number (linguistics)Ordinal number (linguistics)In linguistics, ordinal numbers are the words representing the rank of a number with respect to some order, in particular order or position . Its use may refer to size, importance, chronology, etc...
, a word representing the rank of a number - Ordinal scale, ranking things that are not necessarily numbers
- Ordinal indicatorOrdinal indicatorIn written languages, an ordinal indicator is a sign adjacent to a numeral denoting that it is an ordinal number, rather than a cardinal number. The exact sign used varies in different languages.- English :...
, the sign adjacent to a numeral denoting that it is an ordinal number - Ordinal numberOrdinal numberIn set theory, an ordinal number, or just ordinal, is the order type of a well-ordered set. They are usually identified with hereditarily transitive sets. Ordinals are an extension of the natural numbers different from integers and from cardinals...
in set theory, a number type with order structures - Ordinal dateOrdinal dateAn ordinal date is a calendar date typically consisting of a year and a day of year ranging between 1 and 366 , though year may sometimes be omitted...
, a simple form of expressing a date using only the year and the day number within that year - Monarchical ordinalMonarchical ordinalOrdinal numbers or regnal numbers are used to distinguish among persons with the same name who held the same office. Most importantly, they are used to distinguish monarchs...
, used to distinguish monarchs and popes with the same regnal name - In liturgy, an ordinal is a book that gives the ordo (ritual and rubrics) for celebrations
- In AnglicanismAnglicanismAnglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English...
, the Ordinal is the book containing the rites for the ordination of deacons and priests, and the consecration of bishops. Typically, this is printed with the Book of Common PrayerBook of Common PrayerThe Book of Common Prayer is the short title of a number of related prayer books used in the Anglican Communion, as well as by the Continuing Anglican, "Anglican realignment" and other Anglican churches. The original book, published in 1549 , in the reign of Edward VI, was a product of the English...
. - In statistics, ordinal data is one level of measurementLevel of measurementThe "levels of measurement", or scales of measure are expressions that typically refer to the theory of scale types developed by the psychologist Stanley Smith Stevens. Stevens proposed his theory in a 1946 Science article titled "On the theory of scales of measurement"...