单词 | cardinal number |
释义 | cardinal numbernounAlso called cardinal numeral. any of the numbers that express amount, as one, two, three, etc. (distinguished from ordinal number). Also called potency, power. Mathematics. a number or symbol analogous to the number of elements in a finite set, being identical for two sets that can be placed into one-to-one correspondence: The cardinal number of the set a1, a2, … an is n. Origin of cardinal numberFirst recorded in 1585–95 Words nearby cardinal numbercardinal beetle, cardinalfish, cardinal flower, cardinality, cardinal ligament, cardinal number, cardinal numbers, cardinal point, cardinal points, cardinals, cardinal sign Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for cardinal numbercardinal number cardinal numeralnouna number denoting quantity but not order in a setSometimes shortened to: cardinal maths logic
Compare ordinal number Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for cardinal numbercardinal number [ kär′dn-əl ] A number, such as 3, 11, or 412, used in counting to indicate quantity but not order. Compare ordinal number. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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