number

nu n

1) a semantic feature typically present on a word representing a sort of quantifier (1); a n. has specific interpretation, e.g., one, twenty, as opposed to a totality, all; 2) as a pre-extensional realization of (1) a n. has an absolute, as opposed to a fuzzy, value), ¶2-3-3, figure 5, ¶2-4-6, figure 13; n. (2) n. is a reification of n. (1) deriving morphologically through nominalization and is called an adverbial noun of number, ¶15-3-2; an additional nominalization distinguishes an ordinal number from a cardinal number; 3) a n. is useful for characterizing the value of an integer in grounding the pre-extensional world using first order logic, cf. Languages of Science