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CARDINAL NUMBER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order
Synonyms:
cardinal; cardinal number
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
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))
