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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Ordinal Number Words #113236 10/07/2003 1:02 PM Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 2 USA jkerr817 stranger jkerr817 stranger Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 2 USA Primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary... What comes next? Is there an ordinal word for fifth, sixth, and seventh in a series? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Ordinal Number Words #113237 10/07/2003 1:53 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Welcome jkerr817 . Sorry to pick at nits, but aren't first, second, third, fifth, eighth, eleventh, etc ordinal numbers themselves? This is in contrast to cardinal numbers which are numbers like one, two, five, etc that can be used to describe a quantity of elements in a set. (See Merriam-Webster's number table at http://www.m-w.com/mw/table/number.htm.) I don't think that words like "primary" or "secondary" are numbers per se. They are certainly related to order though. I'm not sure what they're called. And no doubt there are words of this kind for higher values, but as I know little Latin and less Greek I can't help you. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Ordinal Number Words #113238 10/07/2003 2:46 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass here's a link to the last thread that discussed this: http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=84563 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Ordinal Number Words #113239 10/07/2003 3:51 PM Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 2 USA jkerr817 stranger jkerr817 stranger Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 2 USA Many thanks, Dr. Williams, for picking at nits...I appreciate the correction and will not make the same mistake in the future. The previous thread (pointed out by tsuwm) has the information I was seeking...so thank you to tsuwm, too. Now I am better prepared to carry on with my ordinal stuff, primarily after I get back to work! jkerr817 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Ordinal Number Words #113240 10/07/2003 4:03 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park thanks jkerr817 -for giving me an oportunity to bring up a timely number joke--relating to octal and hexidecimal numbering systems..(old timers here will have already read it.) Why to octal(UNIX) programers confuse Halloween and Christmas? because OCT 31=DEC 25! True nerds laugh out loud, the rest of the world doesn't get the joke. my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Ordinal Number Words #113241 10/07/2003 6:21 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York I'm in between, thanks to the math education I've been getting from y'all these past few years. I sort of snorted. ...So I guess the world is indeed split up among three types, decimally speaking of course. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Ordinal Number Words #113242 10/07/2003 6:33 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 the world is indeed split up among three types Those that count and those that don't count? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Ordinal Number Words #113243 10/07/2003 9:20 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont ba-da-bing formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Ordinal Number Words #113244 10/08/2003 10:29 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory No, the world is made up of 10 types of people. Those who understand binary and those who don't. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter it's as simple as eight-nine-ten #113245 10/09/2003 1:25 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,088 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,088 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA Why do octal(UNIX) programers confuse Halloween and Christmas? because OCT 31=DEC 25! Sometimes they mix them both up on Thanksgiving, too. (...at least in the years when NOV 27 falls on a Thursday) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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