cardinality
noun
(of a set) the cardinal number indicating the number of elements in the set.
cardinalities
-
pluralof cardinality.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Even if that remains a mystery, it has long been known that there are sets with much larger cardinalities than that of the set of real numbers—even though the real numbers are themselves infinite.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 13, 2023
For example, in addition to the cardinal numbers described here, many other infinite cardinalities lying between ℵ1 and the continuum have been discovered since the 1940s.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 16, 2021
The diagram thus comprises 12 uncountable cardinalities of which no more than 10 can be simultaneously different.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 16, 2021
