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ordinal number (plural ordinal numbers)

1. (граматика) A word that expresses the relative position of an item in an ordered sequence.

   First, second and third are the ordinal numbers corresponding to one, two and three.

2. (аритметика) A number used to denote position in a sequence.

   In the expression a³, the "3" is an ordinal number.

3. (математика) A generalized kind of number to denote the length of a well-order on a set.

• (граматика): ordinal, ordinal numeral

• (граматика): cardinal, cardinal number, cardinal numeral

• (граматика): cardinal number, distributive number, multiplier

On ordinal number usage:

• Ordinal numbers are generally construed as adjectives preceding (countable) nouns in singular:

  eleventh day

• Ordinal numbers are used for fractions as (countable) nouns, and for exponents usually followed by power and that numeral:

  two fifths, ${\displaystyle \textstyle {\frac {2}{5}}}$ 

  two to the minus twenty-first power, ${\displaystyle 2^{-21}}$ 

  six to the third, ${\displaystyle 6^{3}}$ 

• Ordinal numbers are generally considered to be ordered from high to low, so that first place is considered highest, and fifth is lower than second. Degree is an exception.
• Ordinal numbers corresponding to numbers higher than 20 use cardinal numbers for all the places preceding the final ordinal part:

  twenty-first or 21st, occasionally XXI

  one hundred fifteenth or 115th, occasionally CXV

  thirty-three thousandth or 33,000th

• If an ordinal is followed by a plural noun, the two word phrase refers to a set of items described by the phrase in singular. For example second homes refers to a set of homes which are considered a "second home."

  Many households have third cars.

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