cardinal number
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cardinal number
noun cardinal numbers
- A number used to denote quantity; a counting number; a cardinal. The smallest cardinal numbers are 0, 1, 2, and 3.
- 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.
- 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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noun number used to denote the size of a set
| Español | número cardinal |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 集合数 shūgōsū, 基数 kisū |
| Português | número cardinal |
| Français | nombre cardinal |
| Deutsch | Kardinalzahl |
| Italiano | numero cardinale |
| Română | cardinal |
| Русский | мо́щность мно́жества móščnostʹ mnóžestva, кардина́льное число́ kardinálʹnoje čisló |
| Tiếng Việt | số lượng |
noun number denoting quantity
| Español | número cardinal |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 기수 gisu |
| 日本語 | 基数 kisū |
| 中文 | 基數 /基数 jīshù |
| Português | número cardinal |
| Français | nombre cardinal |
| Deutsch | Kardinalzahl, Grundzahl |
| Italiano | numero cardinale |
| Ελληνικά | απόλυτος αριθμός apólytos arithmós |
| Română | numeral cardinal, număr cardinal |
| Русский | кардина́льное число́ kardinálʹnoje čisló |
| Tiếng Việt | số đếm |
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