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imported>Richard Pinch
(A property of sets that generalises to infinite sets the notion of the size or number of elements of a finite set.)
 
imported>Peter Schmitt
(shorter (simpler) definition)
 
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A property of sets that generalises to infinite sets the notion of the size or number of elements of a finite set.
The size, i.e., the number of elements, of a (possibly infinite) set.

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A definition or brief description of Cardinality.

The size, i.e., the number of elements, of a (possibly infinite) set.