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cardinal number definition

cardinal number

any number used in counting or in showing how many (e.g., two, forty, 627, etc.)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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