ordinal number in English

noun
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a number defining a thing's position in a series, such as “first,” “second,” or “third.” Ordinal numbers are used as adjectives, nouns, and pronouns.
We should say immediately that the ancient Greeks had different systems for cardinal numbers and ordinal numbers so we must look carefully at what we mean by Greek number systems.
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1. What does Billionth mean? The ordinal number matching the number one billion in a series

2. The ordinal number of one hundred in counting order Familiarity information: Centesimal used as an adjective is rare.

3. Centesimal: 1 adj the ordinal number of one hundred in counting order Synonyms: 100th , hundredth ordinal being or denoting a numerical order in a series adj relating to or divided into hundredths

4. Electrons (e-) are accelerated by means of high voltage which can be applied to the anode (31/32). The anode (31/32) is made of a metal layer having a high ordinal number which is used to convert the electrons (e-) into X-ray radiation (Y) with the aid of a coolant.