cardinalize
English
verb
Definitions
- (economics) to transform an ordinal measure (where distance between points doesn't matter, just the ordering) into a cardinal one (where distance matters).
- To exalt to the office of a cardinal.
Etymology
Suffix from English cardinal.
Origin
English
cardinal
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cardinal English
- cardinalfish English
- cardinalin English
- cardinalist English
- cardinality English
- cardinally English
- cardinalship English
- intercardinal English
- noncardinal English
- postcardinal English
- pseudocardinal English
- subcardinal English
- uncardinal English
- cardinal Middle French
- kadinali Swahili
- ukhadinale Zulu