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cardinality (n.)

1520s, "condition of being a cardinal," from cardinal (n.) + -ity. Mathematical sense is from 1935 (see cardinal (adj.)).

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Definitions of cardinality from WordNet

cardinality (n.)
(mathematics) the number of elements in a set or group (considered as a property of that grouping);
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