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numerical |
2 definitions found 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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