Multiplicity vs Cardinality - What's the difference?
multiplicity | cardinality |
the state of being made of multiple diverse elements
(mathematics) the number of values for which a given condition holds
a large indeterminate number
(software engineering, UML) The number of instances that can occur on a given end of a relationship, including 0..1, 1, 0..* or *, and 1..*.
(set theory) Of a set, the number of elements it contains.
(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.
As nouns the difference between multiplicity and cardinality
is that multiplicity is the state of being made of multiple diverse elements while cardinality is of a set, the number of elements it contains.multiplicity
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(wikipedia multiplicity) (multiplicities)See also
* cardinality * manynesscardinality
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(wikipedia cardinality)Noun
(cardinalities)- The empty set has a cardinality of zero.