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  2. Ordinal numeral - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, ordinal numerals or ordinal number words are words representing position or rank in a sequential order; the order may be of size, importance, chronology, and so on (e.g., "third", "tertiary").

  3. Numeral prefix - Wikipedia

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    The ordinal category are based on ordinal numbers such as the English first, second, third, which specify position of items in a sequence. In Latin and Greek, the ordinal forms are also used for fractions for amounts higher than 2; only the fraction ⁠ 1 / 2 ⁠ has special forms.

  4. Cardinal numeral - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, and more precisely in traditional grammar, a cardinal numeral (or cardinal number word) is a part of speech used to count. Examples in English are the words one , two , three , and the compounds three hundred [and] forty-two and nine hundred [and] sixty .

  5. Numeral (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    One third 0.3 ⁠ 3 / 10 ⁠ Three tenths, [zero] point three 0.25 ⁠ 1 / 4 ⁠ One quarter, one fourth, twenty-five hundredths, [zero] point two five 0.2 ⁠ 1 / 5 ⁠ One fifth, two tenths, [zero] point two 0.166 666... ⁠ 1 / 6 ⁠ One sixth 0.142 857 142 857... ⁠ 1 / 7 ⁠ One seventh 0.125 ⁠ 1 / 8 ⁠

  6. Latin numerals - Wikipedia

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    Based on the ordinary ordinals is another series of adjectives: prīmārius 'of the first rank', secundārius 'of the second class, of inferior quality', tertiārius 'containing a third part', quārtārius 'a quarter, fourth part', quīntārius 'containing five parts', 'five-sixths', sextārius 'a one-sixth part of a congius, 'pint', and so on. [3]

  7. Positions of the feet in ballet - Wikipedia

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    Open fourth position, with heels lined up, one directly in front of the other Closed fourth position, with heel of each foot overlapping the toe of the other foot. There are two types of fourth position: ouverte and croise. In both cases, one foot is placed approximately 12 inches (30 cm) in front of the other.

  8. Transition (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    A transition or linking word is a word or phrase that shows the relationship between paragraphs or sections of a text or speech. [1] Transitions provide greater cohesion by making it more explicit or signaling how ideas relate to one another. [1] Transitions are, in fact, "bridges" that "carry a reader from section to section". [1]

  9. Form (education) - Wikipedia

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    As a result, children in their first year of senior school (aged 11–12 years) might be in the first year, third year or seventh year. Where the same form number is used for two year groups, they are differentiated by the terms "upper" and "lower". The most senior forms are traditionally lower and upper sixth or first and second year sixth.

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