cardinal number
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nounDefinition of CARDINAL NUMBER
1
: a number (as 1, 5, 15) that is used in simple counting and that indicates how many elements there are in an assemblage — see number table
2
: the property that a mathematical set has in common with all sets that can be put in one-to-one correspondence with it
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