What is the difference between ordinal and interval?
ordinal | interval |
Of a number, indicating position in a sequence.
(taxonomy) Of or relating to the groupings called orders.
An ordinal number such as first, second and third.
A book used in the ordination of Anglican ministers, or in certain Roman Catholic services
A distance in space.
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A period of time.
(music) The difference (a ratio or logarithmic measure) in pitch between two notes, often referring to those two pitches themselves (otherwise known as a dyad).
(mathematics) A connected section of the real line which may be empty or have a length of zero.
(chiefly, British) An intermission.
(sports) half time, a scheduled intermission between the periods of play
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(cricket) Either of the two breaks, at lunch and tea, between the three sessions of a day's play
Interval is a coordinate term of ordinal.
As nouns the difference between ordinal and interval
is that ordinal is an ordinal number such as first, second and third while interval is a distance in space.As a adjective ordinal
is of a number, indicating position in a sequence.ordinal
English
Adjective
(-)Derived terms
* ordinal number * ordinal numeral * supraordinal, superordinalCoordinate terms
* nominal, cardinal, interval, ratioSee also
* (wikipedia "ordinal") * (Level of measurement)Noun
(wikipedia ordinal) (en noun)- The most common numerals in Latin, as in English, are the "cardinals"...and the "ordinals "...'' — F. M. Wheelock, ''Wheelock’s Latin , 6th ed. revised (2005), p97
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(wikipedia interval)Noun
(en noun)- 'Twixt host and host but narrow space was left, / A dreadful interval .
- the interval between contractions during childbirth
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