Definition: Two or more words (such as part-time or high-speed) that act as a single idea to modify a noun (a part-time employee, a high-speed chase). Also called phrasal adjective or compound modifier. As a general rule, the words in a compound adjective are hyphenated when they come before a noun (a well-known actor) but not when they come after (The actor is well known). Also, compound adjectives formed with an adverb ending in-ly (such as rapidly changing) are usually not hyphenated.
Life on a Mediaeval Barony William Stearns Davis. ordinarily it is a mass of moving light and shade, of color. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 Charles Herbert Sylvester. ordinarily I would have laughed, hot ashes on the father and hot coals under the son, but now I sighed deeply.
Nominal, ordinal and scale. What is the diffrence between nominal, ordinal and scale? In SPSS you can specify the level of measurement as scale (numeric data on an interval or ratio scale), ordinal, or nominal. Nominal and ordinal data can be either string alphanumeric) or numeric.But what is the difference? Nominal.