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WIKTIONARY
cardinal number
Noun
  • A number used to denote quantity; a counting number.
  • A generalized kind of number used to denote the size of a set, including infinite sets. mathematics
  • A word that expresses a countable quantity; a cardinal numeral. grammar
BABYLON ENGLISH
cardinal number
positive whole number, positive number which does not have a decimal or fraction
HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
cardinal number
cardinal number
n : the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order [syn: cardinal]


WORDNET 2.0
cardinal number
Noun
1. the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order
(synonym) cardinal
(hypernym) number
(hyponym) frequency, absolute frequency
ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Cardinal number
In mathematics, cardinal numbers, or cardinals for short, are a generalization of the natural numbers used to measure the cardinality (size) of sets. The cardinality of a finite set is a natural number: the number of elements in the set. The transfinite cardinal numbers describe the sizes of infinite sets.
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