Cardinal number

noun

Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.nounA number used to denote quantity; a counting number; a cardinal.

"The cardinal number "three" can be represented as "3" or "three"."

2.nounA generalized kind of number used to denote the size of a set, including infinite sets.

3.noun(grammar) A word that expresses a countable quantity; a cardinal numeral.

""Three" is a cardinal number, while "third" is an ordinal number."

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