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Cantorian

Cantorian adjective: of or pertaining to Georg Cantor (1845-1918), German mathematician and creator of set theory.

Adjective

Cantorian (comparative more Cantorian, superlative most Cantorian)

  1. Of or pertaining to Georg Cantor (1845-1918), German mathematician and creator of set theory.
  2. (New Foundations) Smaller than its own power set; satisfying Cantor's theorem.

Forms of Cantorian

comparativemore Cantorian
superlativemost Cantorian

Origin of Cantorian

From Cantor + -ian.

Words formed from Cantorian

Questions about Cantorian

What does Cantorian mean?
Cantorian means of or pertaining to Georg Cantor (1845-1918), German mathematician and creator of set theory.
What part of speech is Cantorian?
Cantorian is an adjective.

Words near Cantorian in the dictionary

  1. cantore
  2. cantoress
  3. cantoresses
  4. cantoria
  5. cantorial
  6. Cantorian
  7. Cantorianly
  8. cantorias
  9. cantoris
  10. cantors
  11. cantorship

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