cardinalize

English

Etymology

cardinal +‎ -ize

Verb

cardinalize (third-person singular simple present cardinalizes, present participle cardinalizing, simple past and past participle cardinalized)

1. (economics) to transform an ordinal measure (where distance between points doesn't matter, just the ordering) into a cardinal one (where distance matters).
2. To exalt to the office of a cardinal.

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Derived terms

• cardinalization

See also

• ordinalize