cardinal number

1. 1.

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

   Synonymscardinal

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Questions about cardinal number

What does cardinal number mean?

cardinal number means "the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order".

What is another word for cardinal number?

Close synonyms include cardinal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cardinal number a common word?

cardinal number is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.