cardinal number
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cardinal number
▶noun a number denoting quantity (one, two, three, etc.), as opposed to an ordinal number (first, second, third, etc.).
'cardinal number' also found in these Oxford entries:
bazillion
- billion
- crore
- eight
- eighteen
- eighty
- eleven
- fifteen
- fifty
- five
- forty
- four
- fourscore
- fourteen
- gazillion
- googol
- googolplex
- hundred
- jillion
- kazillion
- million
- nine
- nineteen
- ninety
- one
- quadrillion
- quintillion
- septillion
- seven
- seventeen
- seventy
- sextillion
- six
- sixteen
- sixty
- squillion
- ten
- thirteen
- thirty
- thousand
- three
- threescore
- trillion
- twain
- twelve
- twenty
- two
- umpteen
- zero
