cardinal number in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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I.cardinal [Am ˈkɑrd(ə)nl, Brit ˈkɑːd(ɪ)n(ə)l] N

II.cardinal [Am ˈkɑrd(ə)nl, Brit ˈkɑːd(ɪ)n(ə)l] ADJ

I.number [Am ˈnəmbər, Brit ˈnʌmbə] N

2.1. number (for identification):

number
número m
telephone number
número de teléfono
wrong number
número equivocado
license or Brit registration number
número de matrícula
license or Brit registration number
número de placa LatAm
license or Brit registration number
número de patente CSur
identity number
número de identificación
page/room number
número de página/de habitación
I'm in number 17
estoy en la (habitación) 17
she lives at number 48
vive en el número 48
the England number 11 Brit
el número once inglés or de Inglaterra
he was wearing number 9
llevaba el dorsal 9
her/my number is up
le/me ha llegado la hora
I thought my number was up
creí que me había llegado la hora
to do a number on sb Am sl
hacérsela buena a alguien inf
to do a number one/number two inf
hacer pis/caca inf
to do a number one/number two inf
hacer del uno/del dos Mex Peru inf, euph
to do sth by the numbers Am
hacer algo como Dios manda
to have sb's number esp Am inf
tener calado a alguien inf

3.1. number C (amount, quantity):

number
número m
student numbers
el número de estudiantes
in a large number of cases
en un gran número de casos
in a small number of cases
en unos pocos casos
in a small number of cases
en contados casos
guess the number of beads in the jar
adivina cuántas cuentas hay en el frasco
there are a number of reasons why you shouldn't go
hay una serie de razones por las que no deberías ir
I've mentioned it a number of times
lo he mencionado varias veces
on a number of occasions
en varias ocasiones
on a number of occasions
varias veces
any number of things could go wrong
hay (una) cantidad de cosas or hay (una) infinidad de cosas que podrían fallar
any number can play
puede jugar cualquier número de personas
times without number liter
innumerables veces
actors of his talent are few in number
actores como él hay pocos
their superior numbers made victory certain
su superioridad numérica les aseguró la victoria
can you give me some idea of (the) numbers?
¿me puede dar una idea de cuántas personas serán?

II.number [Am ˈnəmbər, Brit ˈnʌmbə] VB trans

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III.number [Am ˈnəmbər, Brit ˈnʌmbə] VB intr

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cardinal number in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for cardinal number in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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I.cardinal [ˈkɑ:dɪnl, Am ˈkɑ:r-] N

II.cardinal [ˈkɑ:dɪnl, Am ˈkɑ:r-] ADJ (important)

I.number [ˈnʌmbəʳ, Am -bɚ] N

II.number [ˈnʌmbəʳ, Am -bɚ] VB trans

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This definition assigns a representative to every cardinal number even when not every set can be well-ordered (an assumption equivalent to the axiom of choice).
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The quantity -- a cardinal number -- is associated with the set, and is invariant under the process of counting.
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Given a cardinal number, it is the cardinality of the power set of a set of the given cardinality.
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Most ordinal numbers are formed by adding t in front of a cardinal number.
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As a consequence, for these collections it is not possible to define the notion of cardinal number in the usual way, that is, through ordinals.
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Note that such a cardinal number exists, because the entire topology forms a base, and because the class of cardinal numbers is well-ordered.
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This number of elements may be finite, or given by an infinite cardinal number, and defines the dimension of the space.
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For example, aleph-null is the cardinality of the infinite set of natural numbers, and aleph-one is the next greatest cardinal number.
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In this case, it is traditional to identify the cardinal number with its initial ordinal, and we say that the initial ordinal "is" a cardinal.
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Cantor's paradox can actually be derived from the above (false) assumption using for is a cardinal number.
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