Dictionary

cardinal number en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. A number used to denote quantity; a counting number; a cardinal.
   • The cardinal number “three” can be represented as “3” or “three”.
   • The smallest cardinal numbers are 0, 1, 2, and 3.
2. A generalized kind of number used to denote the size of a set, including infinite sets.
   • This cardinal number is the smallest of the infinite cardinal numbers; it is the one to which Cantor has appropriated the Hebrew Aleph with the suffix 0, to distinguish it from larger infinite cardinals. Thus the name of the smallest of infinite cardinals is ℵ₀. 1920, Bertrand Russell, Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy, page 83:
3. A word that expresses a countable quantity; a cardinal numeral.
   • “Three” is a cardinal number, while “third” is an ordinal number.

Forms

Coordinates

distributive number · ordinal number · multiplier

Synonyms

word · cardinal

Translations (70)

is höfuðtala (number used to denote the size of a set) · de Kardinalzahl (number denoting quantity) · gl número cardinal (number denoting quantity) · tl bilang na paulat (number used to denote the size of a set) · gl número cardinal (number used to denote the size of a set) · ru кардина́льное число́ (number used to denote the size of a set) · ja 集合数 (number used to denote the size of a set) · pt número cardinal (number denoting quantity) · fi perusluku (number denoting quantity) · it numero cardinale (number denoting quantity) · hu kardinális szám (number used to denote the size of a set) · ja 基数 (number denoting quantity) · cmn 基數 /基数 (number denoting quantity) · ko 기수 (number denoting quantity) · sv grundtal (number used to denote the size of a set) · ro cardinal (number used to denote the size of a set) · cs kardinální číslo (number used to denote the size of a set) · ms nombor kardinal (number used to denote the size of a set) · pl liczba kardynalna (number denoting quantity) · tr asıl sayı (number denoting quantity) · ca nombre cardinal (number denoting quantity) · ro numeral cardinal (number denoting quantity) · ga bunuimhir (number used to denote the size of a set) · ru кардина́льное число́ (number denoting quantity) · da kardinaltal (number used to denote the size of a set) · pt número cardinal (number used to denote the size of a set) · fi perusluku (number used to denote the size of a set) · da kardinaltal (number denoting quantity) · ro număr cardinal (number denoting quantity) · vi số đếm (number denoting quantity) · eu zenbaki kardinal (number used to denote the size of a set) · pl liczba kardynalna (number used to denote the size of a set) · sv grundtal (number denoting quantity) · bg числително бройно (number denoting quantity) · ms nombor kardinal (number denoting quantity) · de Kardinalzahl (number used to denote the size of a set) · fo grundtal (number denoting quantity) · ka რაოდენობითი რიცხვითი სახელი (number denoting quantity) · ga bunuimhir (number denoting quantity) · eu zenbaki kardinal (number denoting quantity) · eo kardinalo (number denoting quantity) · es número cardinal (number used to denote the size of a set) · fi kardinaaliluku (number used to denote the size of a set) · et kardinaalarv (number denoting quantity) · tr asıl sayılar (number used to denote the size of a set) · sv kardinaltal (number used to denote the size of a set) · de Grundzahl (number denoting quantity) · et hulga võimsus (number used to denote the size of a set) · ru мо́щность мно́жества (number used to denote the size of a set) · fi kardinaaliluku (number denoting quantity) · vi số lượng (number used to denote the size of a set) · cy rhif prifol (number used to denote the size of a set) · el απόλυτος αριθμός (number denoting quantity) · cy rhif prifol (number denoting quantity) · bn অঙ্কবাচক সংখ্যা (number denoting quantity) · is fjöldatala (number used to denote the size of a set) · sv kardinaltal (number denoting quantity) · ja 基数 (number used to denote the size of a set) · hu tőszám (number denoting quantity) · ca nombre cardinal (number used to denote the size of a set) · is höfuðtala (number denoting quantity) · la numerus cardinālis (number denoting quantity) · mi tau maha (number denoting quantity) · fr nombre cardinal (number denoting quantity) · is fjöldatala (number denoting quantity) · es número cardinal (number denoting quantity) · bg кардинално число (number used to denote the size of a set) · it numero cardinale (number used to denote the size of a set) · tl bilang na paulat (number denoting quantity) · fr nombre cardinal (number used to denote the size of a set)