What's the difference between ordinal and third?

Ordinal


Definition:

  • (a.) Indicating order or succession; as, the ordinal numbers, first, second, third, etc.
  • (a.) Of or pertaining to an order.
  • (n.) A word or number denoting order or succession.
  • (n.) The book of forms for making, ordaining, and consecrating bishops, priests, and deacons.
  • (n.) A book containing the rubrics of the Mass.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This study sought to determine if and why barriers to the over-the-counter purchase of syringes in the St. Louis metropolitan area might exist, given that no ordinance prohibits such a sale there.
  • (2) A group called Campaign for Houston , which led the opposition, described the ordinance as “an attack on the traditional family” designed for “gender-confused men who … can call themselves ‘women’ on a whim”.
  • (3) This process may be achieved by co-ordinated synthesis and translation of new mRNA or gradual accumulation of constitutively synthesized mRNA, followed by coordinated translational activation.
  • (4) At 5 micrometer and 2.5 mM sulphanilic acid under aerobic conditions, the regression lines for the permeation from lumen to blood pass almost through the origin, while the regression lines for the permeation from blood to lumen intersect the ordinate at a positive Y-value.
  • (5) The Yamaguchi-gumi is reportedly considering a ban on sending traditional gifts to business associates, and holds weekly meetings to discuss its response to the new ordinances.
  • (6) We report here that histidine residues are essential for the co-ordination of these ion(s).
  • (7) The key feature is the physicians' acceptance of the nurse co-ordinator as a colleague.
  • (8) The Financial Services Authority is meant to be the City's watchdog but "devastating" internal documents reveal it has secretly co-ordinated high-level lobbying strategies with the industry it is supposed to police.
  • (9) Ventricular diffuse atrophy correlated positively with psychic and co-ordinative impairment and dysarthria, and cortical diffuse cerebral atrophy with psychic impairment (P smaller than 0.01 to 0.001).
  • (10) Agir, launched in June as the Sahel crisis was taking hold, lays out a roadmap for better co-ordination of humanitarian and development aid to protect the most vulnerable people when drought hits again.
  • (11) This could spell disaster for small farmers, says Million Belay, co-ordinator of the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa.
  • (12) Adjustment of posterior arch width and dental alignment, using semi-rapid maxillary expansion by means of an upper removable appliance, to co-ordinate the anticipated positions for the arches.
  • (13) A lot is being expected of rookie cornerbacks Desmond Trufant and Robert Alford, but defensive co-ordinator Mike Nolan has a good track record of keeping his units competitive.
  • (14) "At first sight, today's announcement of an independent commissioner is a missed opportunity to strengthen our co-ordinated approach to addressing these very serious matters.
  • (15) The sampling was balanced with respect to age, gender, and predisposition across the three ordinal exposure categories.
  • (16) The metal co-ordination chemistry at the binding site varies depending on the metal that is introduced into it.
  • (17) Ordinal data, ie, grades and ranks, may be analyzed by means of the t-test which is more sensitive and allows more refined analyses if needed.
  • (18) Sandra Carvao, its co-ordinator of communications, said: "Correct would be to say UNWTO has presented both presidents with an open letter which calls for them to support tourism as a means to foster sustainable development in their countries to the benefit of their people and consequently ask them to support the sector in this respect."
  • (19) In this paper something is given of their evolution, diversity, aims and activities; and of the important role they now play in many instances, as well as some of the obstacles to collaboration, co-ordination and integration at different levels of operation--internationally, nationally and locally.
  • (20) Updated at 2.48pm GMT 1.42pm GMT Another question riffing off Britain's EU referendum - how will Europe draw up new structures such as co-ordinated banking supervision when some members of the EU are refusing to ever join the single currency?

Third


Definition:

  • (a.) Next after the second; coming after two others; -- the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day.
  • (a.) Constituting or being one of three equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the third part of a day.
  • (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three equal parts into which anything is divided.
  • (n.) The sixtieth part of a second of time.
  • (n.) The third tone of the scale; the mediant.
  • (n.) The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "This is the third event in the last few days following An-26 and SU-25 planes being brought down.
  • (2) When perfusion of the affected lung was less than one-third of the total the tumour was found to be unresectable.
  • (3) In schizophrenic patients the density of dopamine uptake sites in the basal ganglia was slightly reduced, mainly in the middle third of putamen.
  • (4) Blatter requires a two-thirds majority of the 209 voters to triumph in the opening round, with a simple majority required if it goes to a second round.
  • (5) First, it has diverted grain away from food for fuel, with over a third of US corn now used to produce ethanol and about half of vegetable oils in the EU going towards the production of biodiesel.
  • (6) A third group of healthy children was added for comparison.
  • (7) One rare case of blind-ending branch originating in the upper third of the ureter are described.
  • (8) It is a place that occupies two thirds of our planet but very little is known of vast swaths of it.
  • (9) However, about one-third of the melanomas showed a higher surviving fraction at 2.0 Gy than the highest value measured for the other tumors.
  • (10) The third route was quantitated by its sensitivity to probenecid and its activity was increased in saline buffers and upon addition of glucose and was inhibited by oligomycin.
  • (11) The G+C content of the third base of the codon in the tufB gene was 84.8% and G was especially preferred in this position.
  • (12) In lactate medium the capacity of each AIB carrier is unchanged but its affinity is reduced to one-third.
  • (13) Of the sampled population, 6.3 per cent exhibited some degree of hypodontia (third molar agenesis excluded).
  • (14) We knew it would be a strange match because they had to come out and play to win to finish third,” Benitez said afterwards.
  • (15) Other than failing to get a goal, I couldn’t ask for anything more.” From Lambert’s perspective there was an element of misfortune about the first and third goals, with Willian benefitting from handy ricochets on both occasions.
  • (16) Patients with MID, but not those with DAT, exhibited correlations between enlargement of the third and lateral ventricles and severity of cognitive impairment.
  • (17) Two-thirds of the specimens tested gave positive results.
  • (18) NE differentially affected responses to stimulus movement in the preferred and non-preferred direction in one-third of these neurons, such that directional selectivity was increased.
  • (19) Finally, before the advent of the third-party payment, operations were avoided because of the financial burden.
  • (20) A third autopsy of Tomlinson, conducted on behalf of the officer, agreed with the findings of the second postmortem.