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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Numeric \Nu*mer"ic\, Numerical \Nu*mer"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F.
num['e]rique. See {Number}, n.]
1. Belonging to number; denoting number; consisting in
numbers; expressed by numbers, and not letters; as
numerical characters; a numerical equation; a numerical
statement.
Note: Numerical, as opposed to {algebraical}, is used to
denote a value irrespective of its sign; thus -5 is
numerically greater than -3, though algebraically less
2. The same in number; hence identically the same
identical; as the same numerical body. [Obs.] --South.
Would to God that all my fellow brethren, which with
me bemoan the loss of their books, . . . might
rejoice for the recovery thereof, though not the
same numerical volumes. --Fuller.
{Numerical equation} (Alg.), an equation which has all the
quantities except the unknown expressed in numbers; --
distinguished from {literal equation}.
{Numerical value} of an equation or expression, that deduced
by substituting numbers for the letters, and reducing.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
numerical
adj 1: measured or expressed in numbers; "numerical value"; "the
numerical superiority of the enemy" [syn: {numeric}]
2: of or relating to or denoting numbers; "a numeral
adjective"; "numerical analysis" [syn: {numeral}, {numeric}]
3: designated by or expressed in numbers; "numerical symbols";
"a very simple numeric code"; "numerical equations" [syn:
{numeric}]
4: relating to or having ability to think in or work with
numbers; "tests for rating numerical aptitude"; "a
mathematical whiz" [syn: {mathematical}] [ant: {verbal}]
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