Associations to the word «Cardinality»

Wiktionary

CARDINALITY, noun. (set theory) Of a set, the number of elements it contains.
CARDINALITY, noun. (data modeling) 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.

Dictionary definition

CARDINALITY, noun. (mathematics) the number of elements in a set or group (considered as a property of that grouping).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats