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cardinal system

American  

noun

  1. a system of coding navigational aids by shape, color, and number, according to their positions relative to navigational hazards.

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This can mess up their cardinal system.

From New York Times

In reality there is a transition from a cardinal to an ordinal system, but to an ordinal system which does not agree with the original ordinal system from which the cardinal system was derived.

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