CARDINAL NUMBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cardinal number mean? 

• CARDINAL NUMBER (noun)
  The noun CARDINAL NUMBER has 1 sense:

1. the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order

  Familiarity information: CARDINAL NUMBER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARDINAL NUMBER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

cardinal; cardinal number

Hypernyms ("cardinal number" is a kind of...):

number (a concept of quantity involving zero and units)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cardinal number"):

absolute frequency; frequency (the number of observations in a given statistical category)

googol (a cardinal number represented as 1 followed by 100 zeros (ten raised to the power of a hundred))

googolplex (a cardinal number represented as 1 followed by a googol of zeros (ten raised to the power of a googol))