基数 — meaning in English

English meaning

• cardinal adj Of central or fundamental importance.
• radix noun The primitive root word or morpheme from which later versions derive; the etymon

Senses

基数 is used for these senses in English:

• cardinal Describing a “natural” number used to indicate quantity (e.g., zero, one, two, three), as opposed to an ordinal number indicating relative position.
• cardinal (math) Ellipsis of cardinal number, a number indicating quantity, or the size of a set (e.g., 0, 1, 2, 3). (See Cardinal_number.)
• cardinal number A number used to denote quantity; a counting number; a cardinal.
• cardinal number (mathematics) A generalized kind of number used to denote the size of a set, including infinite sets.
• cardinal numeral (grammar) A word used to represent a cardinal number.
• radix (mathematics) The number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers in a particular base, as ten for decimal.

cardinal — full definition

1. adj Of central or fundamental importance.
2. adj Deep red in color, like a Catholic cardinal's robes.
3. noun A senior official of the Catholic Church, ranking just below the Pope.
4. noun A North American songbird known for the male's bright red feathers.

radix — full definition

1. noun The primitive root word or morpheme from which later versions derive; the etymon
2. noun The number of distinct symbols used to represent numbers in a particular base, as ten for decimal.

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