Meaning Of The Word Cardinal number

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What's The Definition Of Cardinal number?

cardinal number
any number used in counting or in showing how many (e. g., two, forty, 627, etc.)
countable noun: A cardinal number is a number such as 1, 3, or 10 that tells you how many things there are in a group but not what order they are in. Compare ordinal number.
noun: a number denoting quantity but not order in a set

cardinal number in American English
noun: any of the numbers that express amount, as one, two, three, etc. (distinguished from ordinal number)

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