"limit ordinal" meaning in English

See limit ordinal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: limit ordinals [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} limit ordinal (plural limit ordinals)
  1. (set theory) An ordinal number which is neither zero nor a successor of an ordinal. Wikipedia link: limit ordinal Categories (topical): Set theory Related terms: limit cardinal Translations (Translations): rajaordinaali (Finnish), Limes-Ordinalzahl [feminine] (German), преде́льный ордина́л (predélʹnyj ordinál) [masculine] (Russian), преде́льное поря́дковое число́ (predélʹnoje porjádkovoje čisló) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-limit_ordinal-en-noun-AUT6IlZz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Russian terms with redundant script codes Topics: mathematics, sciences, set-theory

Inflected forms

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