Ordinal numbers help us describe the position of people or objects in a sequence, which is different from counting how many there are. It’s important to know these sequences to describe events or ...

(1) For the protocol that adds NFTs to Bitcoin, see Bitcoin Ordinals. (2) A number that identifies the sequence of an item; for example, "record #34 is invalid." Contrast with "cardinal number," which ...

There are two kinds of numbers; ordinal and cardinal. Ordinal numbers denote rank or position in a system, while cardinal numbers tally how many units of something there are. You can think of ordinals ...