cardinal numbers

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noun

1
A number used to denote quantity; a counting number; a cardinal.
“The cardinal number "three" can be represented as "3" or "three".”
2
A generalized kind of number used to denote the size of a set, including infinite sets.
3
(grammar) A word that expresses a countable quantity; a cardinal numeral.
“"Three" is a cardinal number, while "third" is an ordinal number.”

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