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adjective
of or relating to an order, as of animals or plants.
of or relating to order, rank, or position in a series.
noun
an ordinal number or numeral.
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Origin of ordinal
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1590–1600; <Late Latin ōrdinālis in order equivalent to Latin ōrdin- (stem of ōrdō) order + -ālis-al1
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[ awr-dn-uhl ]
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noun
a directory of ecclesiastical services.
a book containing the forms for the ordination of priests, consecration of bishops, etc.
Origin of ordinal
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1350–1400; Middle English <Medieval Latin ōrdināle, noun use of neuter of ōrdinālis in order. See ordinal1
It can now be shown that every valid move decreases the ordinal assigned to the hydra.
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As is evident from this figure, the present grayscale integral method is superior to the ordinal contact area method at the point of linearity.
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Table 4 shows the results of the best fit ordinal logistic regression.
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In the following sections, we present and compare the results of three models: two linear and one ordinal logistic.
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That is, the ordinal logistic regression enables us to account for the importance of multiple perceptual categories.
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The survey questions asked committee members to judge the relative importance of one priority setting criterion versus another using a nine-item ordinal scale.
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For much of economic theory ordinal rankings are enough, for example, the theory of consumer behavior in perfectly competitive markets.
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Under diathesis–stress theorizing, the predicted interaction should be ordinal in form.
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Mixed strategies or probabilistic beliefs are never considered, so the numbers have only ordinal significance.
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For each subtype of maltreatment, we developed a 5-point ordinal scale for rating the severity of individual incidents of maltreatment.
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The dependent variable, in this model, is the degree of farmers’ tendency toward direct marketing options in ordinal form.
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Any two assignments that shared the same ordinal structure would then have no meaningful difference.
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For example, we will determine the complexity of the problem of deciding whether the closure ordinal of ∆e is finite or equals ω.
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Annual income was measured in ordinal categories ranging from 1 (,$5,000) to 10 (.$100,000).
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Preferences do not either, but an ordinal measurement of the person's preferences is possible - that is, a measurement that ranks these preferences.
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Serial number - element - The Big Encyclopedia of Oil and Gas, article, page 3
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The greater the element's serial number , the greater the number of electrons included in its atom and the greater the number of filled shells contained in this atom. The electrons remaining in the outer shells form a group of optical or valence electrons - the outermost one. These electrons during transitions give the entire optical spectrum; they also determine the chemical valency. The characteristic X-ray radiation is due to the movement of electrons in the inner shells. [31]
Therefore, , the serial numbers of the elements began to be called h and s-l and m and Mendeleev. [32]
Determining the ordinal numbers of the elements by the charges of the nuclei of their atoms made it possible to establish the total number of places in the periodic system between hydrogen, which has an ordinal number 1, and uranium (ordinal number 92), considered at that time the last member of the periodic system of elements. [33]
What does mean element number . [34]
What is the difference between element number and its atomic mass. Which of these characteristics is the main one in identifying each element. [35]
At the same time, , the serial number of the element can be easily determined from the periodic table. The serial number Z 8 , which is the same for all etide isotopes, is considered to be known. [36]
The abscissa is ordinal numbers of elements in the periodic table, and the ordinate is the number of neutrons. Transformations associated with a-radiation shift the element to the left, and those associated with [3-radiation shift it to the right. There is a fork before the end of each row, indicating that decay can occur in two different ways. [37]
What is the serial number of the element , which is in the fourth period, in the main subgroup of the second group. [38]
What is the serial number of the element , which is in the fifth period, in the secondary subgroup of group VI. [39]
What is the serial number of the element , which is in the fourth period, in the main subgroup of the second group. [40]
What is element number , which is in the fifth period, in the secondary subgroup of group VI. [41]
Chadwick's experience. [42]
He called the ordinal number of the element in the Periodic, which is equal to the number system of the atomic number and designated its protons in the nucleus with the symbol Z. Now it is known that the ordinal number is equal to the number of protons in the nucleus (Sec. [43]
Since element sequence numbers are in the system created by Mendeleev turned out to coincide with nuclear charges in all cases, then the serial number of the element began to be called the Mendeleev number. [44]
What indicates is element number . [45]
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Social networks are full of photos of Russian military equipment stationed near Ukrainian borders. Many of the samples of this technique have identification marks in the form of the Latin letter Z on board. What does this symbol mean and why could it appear?
In a nutshell, in this way the military identifies the belonging of vehicles to one or another unit or formation (association) of the Armed Forces.
All combat vehicles of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation must have their own tactical numbers and other identification marks to identify their ownership. They can be in the form of various geometric shapes. Most often it is a circle, triangle or square with numbers, letters or drawings inside. As a rule, they are small in size and are intended more for the understanding of commanders in order to distinguish their tank from a vehicle from a neighboring unit. In a combat situation - say, during offensive operations - these signs no longer have much meaning, and the enemy simply does not see them.
The side numbers that are applied to the turret or hull of the vehicle have a similar purpose. They are still three-digit, like the T-34 "Rudy" tank from the Polish series "Four Tankers and a Dog", which bore the number 102.
can be the same for both tanks and infantry fighting vehicles. The color of identification marks and numbers changes seasonally to contrast with the overall color of the car - in summer it is white, in winter camouflage - black or red.
But what does Z mean in this context? The Russian military themselves are in no hurry to decipher such "marking" on their military equipment - at least publicly. Many of them themselves do not even know why the command was given to apply identification marks in the form of the letter Z framed by a square. “The more complicated, the better, the main thing is that the enemy does not guess,” they say in the army, without going into the meaning of such a creative thought of command.
It can be assumed that the letter Z is an indication that the equipment belongs to a certain military unit or association. For example, there is information that all equipment marked with the letter Z is from the Western Military District of the RF Armed Forces. At the same time, the word “west” in English is “west”, but making a stencil for the letter “double u” (W) is much more difficult in the field, and so I waved a brush a couple of times and painted “z squared”. Again, "Z" in relation to the "West" is much easier for the perception of the Russian soldier, and the Russian letter Z is similar to the three - the number 3.
By the way, the system of identification marks was described in the Combat Manual of the Ground Forces in the edition of 1982, in which the main emphasis was on maintaining secrecy. Little has changed in the Russian army in this regard since then, including to make it difficult for enemy intelligence to determine the ownership of military equipment. To this end, the tactical designations applied to the vehicles are regularly changed.
So the letter Z on Russian armor may soon change to some other marking.
“In the course of hostilities in Chechnya, identification marks and tail numbers on Russian helicopters and armored vehicles were often painted over,” a combat veteran, retired colonel Vladimir Popov, told the VZGLYAD newspaper. - You can’t confuse your own, but the militants often arranged a personal hunt for the most “harmful”, in their opinion, crews, so they had to be disguised. But the paratroopers, on the contrary, emphasized their belonging with the emblem of the Airborne Forces and the flag of the troops in their positions. At the same time, a wolf appeared on the equipment of the 45th regiment of the special forces of the Airborne Forces. At first, it was an unofficial symbol of this unit, and then the “top” took root and now flaunts on the official emblem of the brigade.
In Soviet times, military equipment, in addition to the established identification marks and tail numbers, had additional differences in foreign groups of troops - East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary. There, a red and white circle was applied to the cabs of cars and military equipment, with a red star on a white background and white letters "SA" on red.
The border aviation also had its own "identifier", mostly by helicopters. It looked like a white stripe along the back of the sides and cargo compartments. Here it can be assumed that the military trucks with a white stripe on the hood, seen now in the Crimea, belong to the border service. However, any army unit can be noted in this way - who knows, he will understand.
Now, in addition to the approved identification marks and tail numbers, only the emblem of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - a red and white star - is allowed on Russian military equipment. All other symbols are for parades only, and additional markings are for exercises.
“The application of emblems on military equipment is provided only for participation in parades,” Sergey Turchev, expert of the military heraldic service, told the VZGLYAD newspaper.