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The definition given was 'if there is another ordinal 𝛽 such that 2⋅𝛽=𝛼' [1], but the intuition is better explained by the post below:

> A set 𝑆 has even cardinality if it can be written as the disjoint union of two subsets 𝐴,𝐡 which have the same cardinality. [2]

In other words, a set is even if it can be paired up, by finding one grouping where it pairs. Finding alternative groupings that do not pair does not matter.

[1] https://math.stackexchange.com/a/49046

[2] https://math.stackexchange.com/a/49045

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