Meaning cardinal number
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cardinal number


1590s, "one, two, three," etc. as opposed to ordinal numbers "first, second, third," etc.; so called because they are the principal numbers and the ordinals depend on them (see car [..]
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cardinal number


the number of items (elements) in a set, where the items are counted in order 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...
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cardinal number


A whole number, used to answer the question "how many?"
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A number used to denote quantity; a counting number. ''The smallest cardinal numbers are 0, 1, 2, and 3.'' ''The cardinal number "three" can be represented as "3" or "three".'' (mathematics) A [..]
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