CARDINAL NUMBER


Meaning of CARDINAL NUMBER in English

I. noun

or cardinal numeral

Etymology: cardinal (I)

: a primary number used in simple counting : a number (as one, two, three) answering the question “how many?” — distinguished from ordinal number ; see number table

II. noun

: the property that a mathematical set has in common with all sets that can be put into one-to-one correspondence with it

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