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Meaning of cardinal

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  cardinal
      adj 1: serving as an essential component; "a cardinal rule";
             "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was
             fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental
             to modern industrial structure" [syn: {cardinal},
             {central}, {fundamental}, {key}, {primal}]
      2: being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order;
         "cardinal numbers" [ant: {ordinal}]
      n 1: (Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100
           prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope
           and elect new Popes
      2: the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a
         quantity but not the order [syn: {cardinal number},
         {cardinal}]
      3: a variable color averaging a vivid red [syn: {cardinal},
         {carmine}]
      4: crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red
         plumage in the male [syn: {cardinal}, {cardinal grosbeak},
         {Richmondena Cardinalis}, {Cardinalis cardinalis}, {redbird}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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