cardinality
Pronunciation: /kɑːdɪˈnælɪti/
The English word “cardinality” has 4 meanings listed here.
noun
- The number of elements a given set contains.
- The number of terms that can inhabit a type; the possible values of a type.
- The property of a relationship between a database table and another one, specifying whether it is one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-one, or many-to-many.
- The status of being cardinalitial
Etymology
From cardinal + -ity.
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