cardinal

Examples

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• Semantically, they can be defined in a lot of different ways, but my favorite is from set theory, where there are fundamentally two different kinds of numbers: cardinals and ordinals.

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• We call different things (ordinals, cardinals, complex numbers...) "number" because they have enough in common with each other that we can recognize as "numberness."

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• If the rule fits for the cardinal, then apply it to the ordinal.

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• Then we'd have what is called Cardinal Utility.

• But it all comes back to cardinals and ordinals: size and position.

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• Ask a set theorist if measurable cardinals exist.

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• Your fixation on the matter of adding one to infinity indicates to me that you are perhaps conflating the conception of numbers as cardinals and numbers as ordinals.

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• In set theory, a cardinal number indicates the total amount of members in a set, regardless of their order.

• The teacher explained that a cardinal is used to show how many students are in the class, not their ranking.

Synonyms

C

cardinal number

vscardinal

• Specialized

1 2.4

A number that shows how many things there are, not their order, for example one, two, three

is the abstract mathematical quantity independent of written form

C

cardinal numeral

vscardinal

• Specialized

1.6

A word or number that tells how many things there are

refers to the underlying quantity rather than its written form

Compounds

C

cardinal number

• Specialized

1 2.4

A number that shows how many things there are, not their order, for example one, two, three

C

cardinal virtue

• Formal

1 8.9

One of the four main moral qualities: careful thinking, fairness, self-control, and courage

B

blue cardinal flower

• US

9.1

A tall plant from eastern North America with dense spikes of blue flowers

C

cardinal compass point

2.5

One of the four main directions on a compass: north, east, south, or west

C

cardinal flower

• US

7.1

A tall North American plant with bright red flowers that grows in wet places

C

cardinal grosbeak

• US

8.4

A bright red North American bird with a crest and a thick beak that eats seeds

C

cardinal numeral

• Specialized

1.6

A word or number that tells how many things there are

C

cardinal tetra

8.4

A small bright freshwater fish with red and blue stripes

C

cardinal vein

• Specialized

9.9

A large early blood vessel in animal embryos that carries blood back to the heart

C

common cardinal vein

7.5

One of two large veins in an embryo that return blood to the heart

A

anterior cardinal vein

• Specialized

9.1

A main vein in an embryo that carries blood from the head to the heart

N

northern cardinal

• US

5.3

A North American songbird with a crest and thick bill, male bright red and female brown with red highlights

P

posterior cardinal vein

• Specialized

9.5

A large vein in an animal embryo that carries blood from the tail and back to the heart

Surface Forms

Etymology