How many there
A cardinal number is a number that expresses quantity or amount, as opposed to order or position.
Cardinal numbers answer "how many?"—one, two, three, forty-seven, a million—while ordinal numbers answer "which one in sequence?"—first, second, third.
In mathematics, cardinal numbers also describe the size of sets, including infinite sets.
There were seven cardinal sins and seven dwarfs.
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How many there
A cardinal number is a number that expresses quantity or amount, as opposed to order or position.
Cardinal numbers answer "how many?"—one, two, three, forty-seven, a million—while ordinal numbers answer "which one in sequence?"—first, second, third.
In mathematics, cardinal numbers also describe the size of sets, including infinite sets.
There were seven cardinal sins and seven dwarfs.
1. quantity — one, Lowest positive integer; two (Number after one); three (Sum of one twice); four (Number after three); five · six · seven · eight · nine · ten · eleven · twelve · thirteen · fourteen
NUMBER TYPEcardinal number ≠ ordinal number Position-indicating numeral; ordinal · first · second · third · infinite
numbers: one, two, four, three, 0; set theory: sets, set, subset, superset, empty set; grammar terms: noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun; ordinals: first, second, third, fourth, fifth
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