"ordinal variable" meaning in English

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          "word": "categorical variable"
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          "word": "nominal variable"
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          "word": "cardinal variable"
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          "word": "interval variable"
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          "word": "ratio variable"
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        "A variable with values whose order is significant, but on which no meaningful arithmetic-like operations can be performed."
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        "(statistics) A variable with values whose order is significant, but on which no meaningful arithmetic-like operations can be performed."
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      "related": [
        {
          "word": "ordinal scale"
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "variable",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "pořadová proměnná"
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          "word": "ordinální proměnná"
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          "sense": "variable",
          "word": "järjestysasteikollinen muuttuja"
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          "sense": "variable",
          "word": "panunod na aligin"
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        "(statistics) A variable with values whose order is significant, but on which no meaningful arithmetic-like operations can be performed."
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      "word": "ordinální proměnná"
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