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Plural
ordinals
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a number that indicates the position of something in a sequence, such as third, second, etc.
- In a race, the runner who finishes in first place is said to be the winner of the first ordinal.
- The ordinal "third" indicates the position of an item or individual in a sequence counting from the beginning.
- Historians use ordinals to chronologically arrange events in history textbooks.
- The ordinal "second" denotes the place of the person who finishes after the first in a competition or ranking.
- Mathematics often uses ordinals to denote the positions in ordered sets or sequences, distinguishing each item by its rank.
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