cardinal number

/ˌkɑrdnəl ˌnʌmbər/

/ˈkɑdɪnəl ˈnʌmbə/

Other forms: cardinal numbers

Definitions of cardinal number

1. noun

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

   types:

   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)

   type of:

   number

   a concept of quantity involving zero and units