cardinal number meaning

WCardinal number

In mathematics, cardinal numbers, or cardinals for short,
Cardinality is defined in terms of bijective functions.
There is a transfinite sequence of cardinal numbers:
This sequence starts with the natural numbers including zero (finite cardinals),

cardinal number

NounPLcardinal numbers
1. A number used to denote quantity; a counting number.
  1. The smallest cardinal numbers are 0, 1, 2, and 3.
  2. The cardinal number "three" can be represented as "3" or "three".

Meaning of cardinal number for the defined word.

Grammatically, this idiom "cardinal number" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.

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