"ordinal variable" meaning in English

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      "form": "ordinal variables",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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      "expansion": "ordinal variable (plural ordinal variables)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Statistics",
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      ],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "word": "categorical variable"
        },
        {
          "word": "nominal variable"
        },
        {
          "word": "cardinal variable"
        },
        {
          "word": "interval variable"
        },
        {
          "word": "ratio variable"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A variable with values whose order is significant, but on which no meaningful arithmetic-like operations can be performed."
      ],
      "id": "en-ordinal_variable-en-noun-OElU9GhU",
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        [
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        ],
        [
          "variable",
          "variable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(statistics) A variable with values whose order is significant, but on which no meaningful arithmetic-like operations can be performed."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "ordinal scale"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences",
        "statistics"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "variable",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pořadová proměnná"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "variable",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ordinální proměnná"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "variable",
          "word": "järjestysasteikollinen muuttuja"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "variable",
          "word": "panunod na aligin"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ordinal variable"
}

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  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "word": "categorical variable"
    },
    {
      "word": "nominal variable"
    },
    {
      "word": "cardinal variable"
    },
    {
      "word": "interval variable"
    },
    {
      "word": "ratio variable"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ordinal variables",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "ordinal scale"
    }
  ],
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      "glosses": [
        "A variable with values whose order is significant, but on which no meaningful arithmetic-like operations can be performed."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "statistics",
          "statistics"
        ],
        [
          "variable",
          "variable"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(statistics) A variable with values whose order is significant, but on which no meaningful arithmetic-like operations can be performed."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences",
        "statistics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "variable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pořadová proměnná"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "variable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ordinální proměnná"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "variable",
      "word": "järjestysasteikollinen muuttuja"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "variable",
      "word": "panunod na aligin"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ordinal variable"
}