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cardinal variables

cardinal variables is the plural of cardinal variable.

Meaning of cardinal variable

Noun

cardinal variable (plural cardinal variables)

  1. A variable whose values are ordered, that can be multiplied by a scalar, and for which the magnitude of differences in values is meaningful.
    • In dealing with certainty choices, standard economic theory treats utility (intensity of preference) as an ordinal rather than a cardinal variable.1992, Jack Hirshleifer with John G. Riley, The analytics of uncertainty and information, page 14

Questions about cardinal variables

What is cardinal variables the plural of?
Cardinal variables is the plural of cardinal variable.

Words near cardinal variables in the dictionary

  1. cardinal symptom
  2. cardinal symptoms
  3. cardinal tetra
  4. cardinal tetras
  5. cardinal variable
  6. cardinal variables
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  9. cardinal virtue
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  11. cardinal vowel

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