The phrase "cardinal value" is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to refer to something of great or utmost importance, such as the foundational principles of a religion or belief system. For example, "The cardinal values of human rights and justice are the foundation of democracy."
6We denote by (Card(mathcal {X})) the cardinal value of the set (mathcal {X}).
A second approach assumes that voters assign to each candidate a cardinal value describing how much that voter prefers or values the candidate.
The virtue of productiveness becomes the central example of purpose (one of the three cardinal values), reason (another cardinal value) becomes its source, and the virtue of pride becomes its result.
The index score is a result of statistical calculations and transformations and does not represent a cardinal value that can be intuitively explained (Micklewright 2001).
Utilities were used to measure a single cardinal value between 0 and 1.0 (0 = all-worst health state; 1 = perfect health) to reflect the global HRQL for that child.
It had been under seal because many of the accusations were based on notes from board meetings that Cardinal Value Equity had obtained.
We found the DCETTO coefficients were generally consistent, with high agreement between individual ordinal preferences and aggregate cardinal values.
Finally, the temperature cardinal values estimated with single spores were found to be similar to those obtained at the population level, whatever the species.
Next, secondary models were deployed to estimate the cardinal values (minimal, optimal and maximal temperatures, minimal water activity where no growth is observed anymore) for the three species.
All those principles and many more too, Rae explains clearly in his book as well as urging that "in banking being cautious is one of the cardinal values".
In their ruling the courts reasserted the fact that "the use of parks for public assembly and airing of opinions is historic in our democratic society, and one of its cardinal values".
