continuum hypothesis: Meaning and Definition of

contin'uum hypoth"esis

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— Math. Math.
  1. a conjecture of set theory that the first infinite cardinal number greater than the cardinal number of the set of all positive integers is the cardinal number of the set of all real numbers.
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