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Ordinal Number
A number that tells the position of something in a list.
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th etc.
(Cardinal numbers tell how many of something there are, for example: one, two, three, four, five.)
See:
Cardinal Number
Cardinal, Ordinal and Nominal Numbers