cardinal number

Noun
Synonyms: cardinalcardinal numeral

Open English WordNet

Noun (2)

  1. the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the orderSynonyms: cardinalType of numberKinds frequency, googol, googolplex
  2. (grammar) A word that expresses a countable quantity.“Cardinal numerals expressing numbers below 100 are single words, while those expressing higher numbers are syntactically composite.”Synonyms: cardinal numeralType of numeral
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Abstract number, Abundant number, Cardinal number

etc. See under Abstract, Abundant, etc.

From the entry Number.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

cardinal number

The cardinality of some set.

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