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Meaning of 'cardinal'
Meaning of 'cardinal' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Cardinal 
[ a.]
- Of fundamental importance; preeminent; superior; chief;
principal. [ a.]- One of the ecclesiastical princes who constitute the pope's council, or the sacred college.
- A woman's short cloak with a hood.
- Mulled red wine.
Meaning of 'cardinal' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. cardinal [ a]
[ a]Meaning (1):
- being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order
- being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order
Example in sentence:
- cardinal numbers
2. cardinal [ s]
[ s]Meaning (2):
- serving as an essential component
- serving as an essential component
Example in sentence:
- a cardinal rule;
- an example that was fundamental to the argument;
- computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure;
- the central cause of the problem
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