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large cardinal

large cardinal noun: a cardinal number whose existence cannot be proved from the usual Zermelo-Fraenkel axioms of set theory, and which therefore requires a new axiom stating its existence.

Noun

large cardinal (plural large cardinals)

  1. A cardinal number whose existence cannot be proved from the usual Zermelo-Fraenkel axioms of set theory, and which therefore requires a new axiom stating its existence.

Forms of large cardinal

plurallarge cardinals

Questions about large cardinal

What does large cardinal mean?
Large cardinal means a cardinal number whose existence cannot be proved from the usual Zermelo-Fraenkel axioms of set theory, and which therefore requires a new axiom stating its existence.
What part of speech is large cardinal?
Large cardinal is a noun.
What is the plural of large cardinal?
The plural of large cardinal is large cardinals.

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